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Ken Follett sure has written a hell of a lot of good books at this point in time. He is remarkable for the consistency of his style and the well-groundedness of everything he does. As well as several other fine points of skill. Follett is perhaps the foremost author able to combine historical fiction with espionage fiction. Before his career shifted whole-heartedly into hist-fic he was responsible for big hits like, 'The Eye of the Needle'. That romp is among the best WWII yarns ever penned.
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Gotta buck the crowd here and say I did not like this one. It just seemed like a cheap money grab after the much better Eye of the Needle - "hey, it worked in World War II; why not just set the same story in World War I, and add more steamy romance to draw in female readers this time?"
To be honest, though, I have to add that I just don't get anarchists. I don't agree with but at least can understand Communists, Nazis...hell, even radical Islamists. But I just don't see any guiding philosophy beh ...more
To be honest, though, I have to add that I just don't get anarchists. I don't agree with but at least can understand Communists, Nazis...hell, even radical Islamists. But I just don't see any guiding philosophy beh ...more
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