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  <name><![CDATA[Robert Ludlum]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[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 &lt;i&gt;The Osterman Weekend, The Holcroft Covenant, The Apocalypse Watch, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;The Bourne Ultimatum&lt;/i&gt;. A non-Ludlum book supposedly inspired by his unused notes, &lt;i&gt;Covert One: The Hades Factor&lt;/i&gt;, has also been made into a mini-series. The &lt;i&gt;Bourne&lt;/i&gt; movies, starring Matt Damon in the title role, have been commercially and critically successful (&lt;i&gt;The Bourne Ultimatum&lt;/i&gt; won three Academy Awards in 2008), although the story lines depart significantly from the source material.

Ludlum died in 2001 of a subdural hematoma. 
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  <title><![CDATA[The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1)]]></title>
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  <published>1980</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Bourne Supremacy (Jason Bourne, #2)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Ludlum]]></name>
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  <published>1989</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Bourne Ultimatum (Jason Bourne, #3)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Ludlum]]></name>
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  <published>1993</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Matarese Circle]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Ludlum]]></name>
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  <published>1979</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Prometheus Deception]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Ludlum]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.62</average_rating>
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  <published>2000</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Icarus Agenda]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Ludlum]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.62</average_rating>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Holcroft Covenant]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Ludlum]]></name>
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  <published>1978</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Scarlatti Inheritance]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Ludlum]]></name>
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  <published>1970</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Sigma Protocol]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Ludlum]]></name>
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  <published>2001</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Ambler Warning]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Ludlum]]></name>
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  <published>2005</published>  
  
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