Robert Ludlum
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born
May 25, 1927
died
July 12, 2001
gender
male
place of birth
New York, New York, The United States
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Mystery & Thrillers
about this author
Robert Ludlum was an American author of 25 thriller novels. There are more than 290 million copies of his books in print, and they have been translated into 32 languages. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd.
Some of Ludlum's novels have been made into films and mini-series, including The Osterman Weekend, The Holcroft Covenant, The Apocalypse Watch, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. A non-Ludlum book supposedly inspired by his unused notes, Covert One: The Hades Factor, has also been made into a mini-series. The Bourne movies, starring Matt Damon in the title role, have been commercially and critically successful (The Bourne Ultimatum won three Aca...more
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The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum avg rating 3.76 — 32,854 ratings — published 1980 48 editions |
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The Bourne Supremacy (Robert Ludlum's Bourne Series, Book 2) by Robert Ludlum avg rating 3.83 — 4,550 ratings — published 1986 38 editions |
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The Bourne Ultimatum (Robert Ludlum's Bourne Series, Book 3) by Robert Ludlum avg rating 3.77 — 4,031 ratings — published 1990 46 editions |
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The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum avg rating 3.77 — 1,256 ratings — published 1979 25 editions |
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The Prometheus Deception by Robert Ludlum avg rating 3.62 — 1,114 ratings — published 2000 25 editions |
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The Icarus Agenda by Robert Ludlum avg rating 3.63 — 1,030 ratings — published 1992 24 editions |
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The Holcroft Covenant by Robert Ludlum avg rating 3.73 — 965 ratings — published 1978 19 editions |
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The Scarlatti Inheritance by Robert Ludlum avg rating 3.63 — 909 ratings — published 1971 25 editions |
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The Sigma Protocol by Robert Ludlum avg rating 3.57 — 893 ratings — published 2001 24 editions |
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The Ambler Warning by Robert Ludlum avg rating 3.50 — 902 ratings — published 2005 22 editions |
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"The success of any trap lies in its fundamental simplicity. The reverse trap by the nature of its single complication must be swift and simpler still."
— Robert Ludlum (The Bourne Identity)
— Robert Ludlum (The Bourne Identity)
"How gratifying to be there when arrogance collapses. How much more so to be the instrument. (Alfred Gillette)"
— Robert Ludlum (The Bourne Identity)
— Robert Ludlum (The Bourne Identity)
"If I haven't done badly, it's because I've become indispensable to too many like David Abbott. I have in my head a thousand facts they couldn't possibly recall. It's simply easier for them to place me where the questions are, where problems need solutions. (Alfred Gillette)"
— Robert Ludlum (The Bourne Identity)
— Robert Ludlum (The Bourne Identity)
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