The Man From St. Petersburg
His name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a murder that would change history. A master manipulator, ha had many weapons at his command, but against him were ranged the whole of the English police, a brilliant and powerful lord, and the young Winston Churchill himself. These odds would...
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His name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a murder that would change history. A master manipulator, ha had many weapons at his command, but against him were ranged the whole of the English police, a brilliant and powerful lord, and the young Winston Churchill himself. These odds would have stopped any man in the world-except the man from St. Petersburg...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780451208705 (0451208706)
Publish date: June 3rd 2003
Publisher: NAL Trade
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
aquiKen Follett é um dos grandes nomes do thriller e do romance histórico. Em qualquer destes dois géneros literários, o autor dá cartas com os seus livros cheios de acção e com informação histórica precisa e em abundância. A forma como ele mistura o facto com a ficção é também um dos seus grandes t...
Read The Man from St. Petersburg by Ken Follett.The backdrop is the pre-world war time of 1914.Britain is frantically in need of help from Russia to fight Germany.An assassin from Russia is hard bent on sabotaging the treaty talks by killing the prince, who is indulged in leading the innocent Russia...
Don't read this one first. Follett is a really entertaining writer and I think that this is one of his weakest texts. This is something that a Follett fan should read to understand how he has developed over the years, but I doubt it would spur "Follett mania" for the average reader.
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