- Hardcover: 350 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd; First Canadian Edition edition (July 1 1986)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0340393653
- ISBN-13: 978-0340393659
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.5 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 635 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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In 1966, Adam Scott, an unemployed British ex-army officer with an uncertain future, attends the reading of his disgraced father's will. Part of his inheritance is a letter detailing the events of Hermann Goering's suicide and two unopened letters from the Nazi general giving him access to a Swiss bank vault and the valuable Russian icon it contains. However, a veritable state secret is concealed in the painting and the KGB and the CIA both want it before the expiry of a crucial deadline. Scott's perilous journey across Europe to the questionable safety of England is by plane, car, foot, bus, ambulance, van, and ferry as he stays one step ahead of death with the assistance of farmers, salesmen, racing cyclists, hoodlums, and an entire orchestra. An epic chase thriller tidily concluded with a series of neat twists. Highly recommended. Literary Guild main selection. John North, L.R.C., Ryerson Polytechnical Inst., Toronto
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"IT'S A FAKE," said the Russian leader, staring down at the small exquisite painting he held in his hands. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of Archers Best Novels,
By Imperial Topaz (Marrakesh, Morocco) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Matter Of Honor, A (Mass Market Paperback)
As usual with Archer's books, I could not put this one down. His thrillers are always terrribly exciting, but I especially enjoyed this one. It is a novel about an ordinary person, who through certain circumstances, becomes drawn into international espionage through following up on a letter received as part of his father's will. I read the entire thing in one day and evening, starting in the morning, and finishing at midnight. And you won't be able to put it down either ! !
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Racing against the calendar,
By "dayofthejackal" (Ontario) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Matter Of Honor, A (Mass Market Paperback)
One of the better works by Jeffrey Archer - I'm not terribly keen on the political themes that recur in some of his books, but "A Matter of Honour" is a thoroughbred thriller about a high-stakes game between international espionnage organisations. The year is 1966, and the Soviet Union stands to deal the United States a humiliating defeat. A long-forgotten codicil to the treaty by which the United States bought Alaska from Russia would allow the Soviet Union a single opportunity to recover the territory - by purchasing it back for 100 times the purchase price, or 720 million dollars, after 99 years. President Andrew Johnson could never have forseen the difficulty in which he would one day place President Lyndon Johnson - who's not at all willing to become the first American leader to preside over a reduction in the size of his nation's territory There's only one problem: the Soviets have lost their copy of the treaty. It's hidden an ancient Russian icon, itself locked in a Swiss safety deposit box. That icon, in turn, has just been mysteriously bequeathed to Adam Scott following the death of his father. As Adam moves to clear up questions surrounding his father's life, the Soviets dispatch Alex Romanov to retrieve the icon. Romanov is himself a very complex and dangerous character, a man whose loyalty to the regime he serves will be undermined by the very memory that he IS a Romanov. This book never slows down, and you'll never forget the scene when the safety deposit box is opened for the last time.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good book,
This review is from: Matter Of Honor, A (Mass Market Paperback)
First I do think that author is very talented and I have really enjoyed of that I have read by him. This book, I enjoyed as well, though, I don't feel I can give the book a 5 as I of do judge of the authors books. I have to give this book a 3, nearly a 4. Why? Well, and I think I could be wrong, but I felt the main character was able to befriend people way to easily. In fact, way too convenient. The girl helping him, the family helping him, and a person who works for the Foreign Office using phones that may or may not secure. Okay, so this is my thought. People became this mans friend too easy. They trusted him. I thought this was off. I didn't think it was feasible. Though I must admit, he was in the a different county, where that may be more feasible. I live in the US and that just may not work. So I could be wrong. However, I also think about James Bond and in those flicks, he was able to get help of others. Things just happened for him. My other point, when our main character spoke on the phone with his best friend who was living the double live. He just demanded to have a question answered. There was no rationale for it. Other than that, I thought the book was good. In some ways it makes me think of Honor Among Thieves, though that book was written many years latter. Well, that is a enough, I don't want to bad mouth the guy. But I do think if you are like me, pretentious about things you will find a book has some big feasibility holes.
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