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  <title><![CDATA[The Scarlatti Inheritance]]></title>
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  <default_description>In Washington, word is received that an elite member of the Nazi High Command is willing to defect and divulge information that will shorten the war.   But his defection entails the release of the ultra-top-secret file on the Scarlatti Inheritance - a file whose contents will destroy many of the Western world's greatest and most illustrious reputations if they are made known...  THE SCARLATTI INHERITANCE is a spellbinding story of international terror and intrigue, greed and cunning, suspense and murder. </default_description>
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  <original_title>The Scarlatti Inheritance</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Ludlum]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 08 15:19:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 08 15:32:21 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[An ngripping ovel about a wealthy family and the attempt of one son to use the family fortune to amass power that could possibly alter the course of history. The only one who can stop him is his mother. Set in the early part of the 20th century up to WWII this is a suspenseful novel that will leave ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58906951">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36172078">
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    <name><![CDATA[Stefan]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Oct 25 08:41:00 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Scarlatti Inheritance was not as good as I had thought before reading it. I have never really liked Robert's Ludlum's writing style but found a copy of his first work (I think) and decided to read it because I wasn't up to challenging Umberto Eco's confusing but brilliant writing just then. This...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36172078">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="35341762">
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    <name><![CDATA[Felicia]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Oct 14 20:19:40 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 26 08:58:17 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[As the first of Robert Ludlum's books, it is less complicated and perhaps slightly less impressive than others of his. However, it is still a very good - and quick - read. What I found most impressive is the construction of the story. Tension is created by putting the reader half a step ahead of the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35341762">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42208941">
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    <name><![CDATA[Wick]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1976</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 07 07:38:37 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 07 07:38:45 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an excellent mystery, it was the book that got me hooked on Robert Ludlum.  I like history and this book involved fictional history.]]></body>
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    <review id="59474365">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Jun 12 20:37:44 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorites.]]></body>
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    <review id="37519447">
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 12 09:19:15 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 13 18:43:51 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Scarlatti Inheritance was recommended to be by a friend who told me that if I liked James Bond, I would like the Robert Ludlum series.  The Scarlatti Inheritance tells a truely fascinating story of an American intelligence officer who is hired to determine the status of the Scarlatti fortunes an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37519447">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59416933">
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    <name><![CDATA[Marsha]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Oct 31 16:51:07 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was Robert Ludlum first book.   It was a good story.  I liked that the villian was undercut by a very strong elderly woman in a clever business move.   Final blow was given by the main agent in the story and you wanted him to get the bad guy.   It was a little rough....I have not read Ludlum be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59416933">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18891126">
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  <date_added>Fri Mar 28 19:26:50 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 11 20:00:40 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[An American intelligence officer is hired to determine the status of the Scarlatti fortunes and Ulster Scarlett. It all leads to international businessmen who are financing German Nazis. i think this was my very first Ludlum novel. He has since become a favorite author that I can count on for involv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18891126">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2454388">
    <user id="157567">
    <name><![CDATA[Chadwick]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 27 13:19:09 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 27 13:22:16 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's hard to rate a book like this.  Disposeable pulp, yes it is, but so elegantly accomplished.  One has to hand it to Ludlum, he is an absolute ninja of a potboilerist.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2454388]]></url>
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    <review id="13047325">
    <user id="799718">
    <name><![CDATA[Marie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bountiful, UT]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 23 10:05:26 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jan 21 08:18:22 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[So far so good.  Typical of my previous Ludlum experience, the beginning is a little complex to get through with background, but once it gets moving...it moves!  ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13047325]]></url>
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    <review id="12273194">
    <user id="770459">
    <name><![CDATA[Amber]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Prague , Czech Republic]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Jan 11 13:42:36 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just finished reading this book.  There were some intense times throughout the book where I couldn't put it down.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12273194]]></url>
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    <review id="27186575">
    <user id="1319034">
    <name><![CDATA[Karen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Orono, ME]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Jul 14 04:01:42 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 14 04:03:19 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Need an iced tea and an oatmeal cookie to sustain you through this book...hard to walk away from.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="8606210">
    <user id="563267">
    <name><![CDATA[Deb]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Saint Paul, MN]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Sat Nov 03 08:16:13 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[3.5 stars.  Read many of  Ludlum's enjoyable books in high school in the 70s.  Page turners.]]></body>
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    <review id="46359027">
    <user id="786353">
    <name><![CDATA[Wendy]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sat Feb 14 16:05:29 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 14 16:05:48 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I tried to read this one but was way cnfused with the family ties.]]></body>
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    <review id="24867265">
    <user id="1138392">
    <name><![CDATA[Laurie]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 18 21:16:51 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 18 21:17:55 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm reading the old Ludlum books which I think were his best.]]></body>
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    <review id="25323357">
    <user id="62070">
    <name><![CDATA[Avinash]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ludlum lives up to his name yet again ]]></body>
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    <review id="18672895">
    <user id="137771">
    <name><![CDATA[Tim]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Engrossing and intriguing.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18672895]]></url>
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    <review id="29102524">
    <user id="1390443">
    <name><![CDATA[Peter]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ludlum's worst book ever.]]></body>
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    <review id="8356559">
    <user id="575026">
    <name><![CDATA[Peter]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <date_added>Sun Oct 28 13:52:09 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Formulaic crap.]]></body>
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    <review id="78883424">
    <user id="2978104">
    <name><![CDATA[Ivt]]></name>
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