- Hardcover: 647 pages
- Publisher: Random House; First Edition edition (Feb 12 1984)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0394536746
- ISBN-13: 978-0394536743
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 14.5 x 5.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #733,452 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"You won't be able to put it down. (Don't ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day.)" —Chicago Sun-Times
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It begins in Geneva. There American lawyer Joel Converse meets a man he hasn't seen in twenty years, a covert operative who dies violently at his feet, whispering words that hand Converse a staggering legacy of death: "THE GENERALS...THEY'RE BACK...AQUITAINE!" Suddenly Converse is running for his life, alone with the world's most shattering secret. Pursued by anonymous executioners to the dark corners of Europe, he is forced to play a game of survival by blood rules he thought he'd long left behind. One by one, he traces each thread of a deadly progression to the hear of every major government—a network of coordinated global violence that no one believes possible. No one but Converse and the woman he once loved and lost. The only two people on earth who can wrest the world from the iron grasp of Aquitaine.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding Book!,
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This review is from: The Aquitaine Progression (Paperback)
This book was so close to reality that it was scary. A cabal of generals plotting anarchy and lawlessness so that they can impose a police state that is run by the military. The conspiracy that is discovered by Joel Converse thanks in part to his old schoolmate Preston Halliday turns out to be global. There are members of the military worldwide who are involved in the scheme to seize power worldwide. Converse is on the run fearing for his very life because of the farreaching conspiracy. Converse plays the perfect hero in this novel. The generals are the very embodiment of the forces of evil. The plot in this book is outstanding. Read this book. You will not be able to put it down. A definite page turner.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
If you are over 12, Don't Bother Reading this Book,
By Kevin (Atlanta, Georgia United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Aquitaine Progression (Hardcover)
This was the first Ludlum book I have read. I bought several and now am thinking I've wasted my money. He took a realistic story and destroyed it with an unbelievable plot. All the bad guys, who have so much power that they can have anyone in the world killed within 24 hours of the victim hearing about the Secret Plot to control the World cannot even protect their top masterminds from being kidnapped by a New York lawyer, his consultant ex-wife, and a couple of low-level military officers. Then, each bad guy willingly spills everything about the Secret Plot merely upon learning that one of his colleagues has insulted him? Give me a break. Don't even get me started on how unrealistic the relationship is b/w the main character and his ex-wife. Give the book as a gift to your 12 year old nieces and nephews, but don't waste your time or money on this if you are over 12 years old.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
An Endurance Test.,
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This review is from: The Aquitaine Progression (Paperback)
Robert Ludlum doesn't realize that humans have brains. This book could have been written in about 200 pages and been a lot more readable. You already know how the book will end when you start to read it. You ask yourself if you really want to devote your valuable time to this marathon of words. If this was a movie it would have to last for a few hours. It didn't keep me awake like one reviewer promised it would. When I got done with it I had an urge to read Edgar Allen Poe and enjoy a real writer.
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