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The Fourth Protocol

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by Frederick Forsyth

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What was the connection between the documentary about the birds that Petrofsky was watching and the realization that dawned upon him that he was betrayed ?
David
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who is the contact code-named "Chelsea" in the book? is that Sir Nigel?
Serge
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Did anyone notice that traitor George Berenson (a bachelor living in Kent) assumed the profile of the other traitor Sir Richard Peters (married to Lady Fiona and living in fashionable Belgravia) about halfway through the book. How could editors at Viking Press have missed that. Pages 86 & 87 of my edition give their initial backgrounds. No one has mentioned this in reviews. Anyone?
Serge Not quite! The author has cleverly initially listed them in two different orders, first in the dialogue ("one", "the other"), then in the text ("both"…moreNot quite! The author has cleverly initially listed them in two different orders, first in the dialogue ("one", "the other"), then in the text ("both" by name - p.86) - the readers naturally assume the same order, but it is not so. On p.87 they are referred simply as "the Londoner" and the "commuter", so we assume Sir Richard is the Londoner (partly because of the title), but nowhere is it stated so. In fact, Sir Richard lives in Kent, and is revealed as the false lead in Clanricarde Gardens. Lady Fiona has a title in her own right.(less)
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