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by Francine Mathews
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Admitted Dilettante
Admitted Dilettante rated it 12 years ago
really triangulates with FitzOsbornes in Exile and Code Name Verity. Yep stayed up all night to finish. . .
heidenkind
heidenkind rated it 13 years ago
Great, great premise, and I love Jack, but I feel like this book should be renamed The Never-Ending Prologue.
Reflections
Reflections rated it 13 years ago
Mostly wonderfulCould young JFK have been a pre-WWII spy for FDR? Author Francine Mathews has done her historical homework and created a mostly wonderful story that makes the possibility seem plausible. In 1939 the then 22-year-old John Kennedy was in fact roaming around the hot spots of Europe. His...
Surrounded by Books
Surrounded by Books rated it 13 years ago
A good bet for LeCarre fans, I'm sure. I need to read more LeCarre...
The Drift Of Things
The Drift Of Things rated it 13 years ago
I tried hard with this one, but it just wasn't striking the ol' ring-a-ding-ding for me...I stayed with it all the way to the halfway mark, which is pretty generous on my part. Not only does it feel contrived, it seems to be a deliberate smearing of the Kennedy family. I'm well aware of Joe Senior's...
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