A political thriller in which a Russian arrives in London to commit a murder that will alter the course of history, and although he has many weapons to hand, the most dangerous of all are the love of a beautiful young woman and the passion of a well-to-do lady who demands satisfaction at any price. By the author of NIGHT OVER WATER.
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A political thriller in which a Russian arrives in London to commit a murder that will alter the course of history, and although he has many weapons to hand, the most dangerous of all are the love of a beautiful young woman and the passion of a well-to-do lady who demands satisfaction at any price. By the author of NIGHT OVER WATER.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1st edition, 8vo, 292pp, rubbish 1980s paper has yellowed and is a little musty-smelling o/w VG Copy in VG DJ.
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F in F jacket. F/F. 8vo. original red boards gilt (slight tanning to paperstock, trifling bump to one forecorner, else clean & bright indeed) in dustwrapper; pp. [vi (last blank), 292. A fine copy.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Follett on the front free endpage. "Thank you for supporting Operation EYESIGHT Ken Follett." Corners bumped with corresponding small wrinkles on the dustjacket; dustjacket front lower corner clipped with the publisher's price sticker affixed above it. Tight, bright copy of Follett's fourth novel. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket. Follett actively supports this eyesight-saving organization and has inscribed books of an unknown number without an inscriptee's name such as this copy to be awarded to donors and benefactors.
There is so much interwoven intrigue, and so much real history in this story, that it is hard to outline and make sense ot it. Feliks and Lydia are Russians, and fall madley in love. Lydia is from high society, and Feliks is an anarchist. Lydia's father has Feliks arrested and tortured, and marries Lydia off to an English Lord. 19 years go by, and now they are all thrown back together. Prince Orlov of Russia is visiting his good friend Lord Walton in London, where they are talking about joining forces against the Germans in case war breaks out. Feliks is in London determained to kill Prince Orlov so there will be no treaty between England and Russia (he doesn't want to see Russian peasants slaughtered in a war they know nothing about). In Feliks first attempt at murder, he runs into Lydia, and finds out what happened to her while he was in prison, and why he never saw her again. He finds out that Charlotte, Lydia's daughter, is his daughter. His resolve for murder is shaken, to say the least. Now you have almost all the intrigue. Read the book and find out how it all turns out.
rainbowstew
Aug 16, 2007
Very Interesting thriller
I first read this about 20 years ago, and then read it again recently on the occasion of giving a copy of it to a friend of mine from Russia. It is a very interesting thriller set in the early 1900s, right before the start of World War 1, and is an intriguing story concerning national leaders primarily of England and Russia, and the efforts of a Russian revolutionary to prevent Russia from getting mixed up with England in the forthcoming war. It is like everything of Ken Follet's that I have ever read, i.e. difficult to put down once you get started on it.
