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Lovely story, Aoû 28 2005
I enjoyed every moment of it the first time I read it and enjoyed it still all the five times I reread it.Also recommended: Union Moujik,The Hunt for Red October ,The cardinal of the Kremlin
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Very Gripping, Very Entertaining, Juil 4 2004
Now, first of all, I would like to say that, although I haven't read "a lot" of books by Ken Follett, I have now read three. And all three have been worth the time and worth the money. For sure. The Man from St. Petersburg is set mostly in England in the pre-WWII era. The plot of the story is that Feliks, "the man from st. petersburg", is planning to kill a Russian prince who is in the middle of treaty talks with England. Feliks beleives that the murder of the prince will bring about a break in a possible alliance to Russia. Throughout the story, many connections between Feliks and the English family housing the prince, are revieled, making the story very ironic, but I think the connections give a certain sense of suspense from wondering what might be revieled next.
Overall, it was a very gripping, suspensful, and entertaining book that had a very good bit of storytelling wrapped in.
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another addictive follett read, Mai 26 2004
Ken Follett has a knack of weaving great fictional tales inside real historical events...the setting of this book is england, at the turn of the 20th century...right before WWI....but in usual follett style, that's just a back drop..WWI isn't the focus of the story..but it adds an element of realism to the characters and events...as usual, no spoilers...but I will say that it's got everything follett's known for..from great characters, to surprising twists...
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A lesson without having to take notes., Fév 13 2003
This story is set London in early 1914 as Germany was mobilizing and war was inevitable to those that history would prove astute. France was in peril even if England assisted, and the British Empire itself would be at risk if the Germans prevailed. So, The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill of the Liberal government, armed with a note from King George, convinces The (conservative) Earl of Walden to negotiate a secret treaty with his wife's nephew, Alex Orlov, also nephew to the Czar, for Russia to enter into the fray. The anarchists learn of this plot however, and Feliks, The Man from St. Petersburg, has five pounds sterling and a determination to assassinate Alex Orlov on English soil.This story is rich with the history that bored us in school, that stuff about Victorian pomp and starving Russian peasants floundering for a new political order, the prelude to communism. Follett gives us a sense of the debauchery bred from wealth and privilege, and the desperation born of inhumanities in an era gone by. He introduces us to men threatened by women's suffrage, others terrorized of government, and through them, we better understand why society changed, or perhaps mutated. That stuff is woven seamlessly into a story of intrigue without long speeches or tedious lectures. We get our lesson without having to take notes. My only quarrel is Follett's propensity to interrupt with back-story, once with back-story within back-story if I'm not mistaken. It's a minor irritation though, one scratch and it's gone, because we are more worried about how his characters are going to sort out the mess they're in. And in the end, you're going to believe The Man from St. Petersburg might have been.
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Great Page Turner, Juil 23 2002
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Follett does a great job of developing and describing the four main characters in the novel. He also does an excellent job of describing the setting and time in which the novel takes place (pre WWI). Once you begin this book you should set aside some time because you find yourself reading all day. This definitely ranks in my top ten.
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Thrilling, Avril 13 2000
The Man from St. Petersburg is a forgotten Follett classic. Simpler than his more recent works, a surprisingly thrilling historical novel that tells the story of a resilient Russian revolutionary who travels to pre-WWI England to try to create an international incident. Keeps the reader guessing until the end.
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Better than "die nadal", Fév 2 1999
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Powerful characterization, excellent piece of literature. Very well constructed story.
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Yet another display of magnificance, Déc 7 1998
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Ken follet is a genius..it can't be said too many times!!Set early in the nineteenth century at the brink of the world war, a middle aged man sets out on a mission to England. His mission is to kill a visiting Russian Prince, his goal is to prevent Russia losing millions in the world war. His name is Feliks and he is the man from St. Petersburgh. He has killed many in his lifetime and he has suffered a great deal and he therefore knows himself never to be afraid. But he has also loved once, wildly and truthfully but she was forced to marry someone else. The assassination of the Russian Prince Orlov will help Russians because this would alienate the Czar from alliance with the British and French to fight against the Germans. The British on the other hand, including the young Winston Churchill and a powerful lord, the Earl of Walden once realising the danger do everything to protect Orlov because a Russian alienation would be fatal. Feliks fails to act the first opportunity he creates for himself because he is overpowered by a memory of 18 years before as he realises the Lady Walden is his Lydia. In England, it is the social season of coming out of debutantes and the Earl of Walden's daughter Charlotte is due to come out. At eighteen, she discovers the facts of life and aspects of the real world (like the poverty that exists around them, and the work of suffragettes fighting the injustice done to women) and she is angry that her parents kept it from her. Although she is eighteen, she feels her parents don't treat her in that way. She realises women were meant to be stupid and ignorant and she hates that. No wonder she takes warmly to Fe liks, the stranger who saves her from a suffrage demonstration turned ugly. She feels unusually comfortable with him and appreciates him for talking sensibly as an adult to her. By this time Feliks realises that Charlotte is in fact his daughter because she was born seven months after Lydia was married. He desperately loves the jewel he never knew he had and suddenly he is afraid to die. Ken Follet has a distinct ability to give his villains a true and full character that we feel sad when they die. We see the justification of their actions and we warm to them. His style is simple with the correct amount of descriptions and he is able to portray all characters (although they are different in their race, creed and class) as similar because of their needs and wants and the common feelings of love , hurt , anguish and anger. Ken Follet successfully tells a tale and he gives a full story and an ending that satisfies us. There is quite a lot of suspense in this book, and unlike Pillars of The Earth and The Third Twin where "happy endings" were inevitable towards the end, the fine line between good and bad in this book (one would have a personal opinion on whether Feliks or Walden is the bad guy ) blurs the ability to say whether the ending is happy or not. I feel the ending is suitable to the story as the characters themselves are able to be satisfied. Feliks got more than what he expected, Charlotte lived on and learned to believe and live by much the same ideals as her father and did not live as a debutante should, Lydia could live without the truth haunting her and Walden still had his wife and daughter. The only sad part is the war did happen (we know it) and not only Russians but many died. Perhaps this style that Follet adopts here (fully dissecting both good and bad) can teach us a lesson. All man has some good in him. We need only look for it. Then perhaps with a little understanding and giving there could be peace...
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The first book I read from K. Follett, Oct. 31 1998
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This was the first book I read from Ken Follett, it seems as if you were watching a film. After that I read some more books from this actor and I'll read all of them.
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Awesome, Oct. 29 1998
Follet is a Swiss watch-maker and this book a Rolex among thrillers. The plot ticks along with fantastic pacing and suspense. Secrets come out at incredibly tense moments. With apparent ease, Follet makes the reader care for all the main characters, and two of them want to kill each other. This novel has it ALL: great plot, great characters, great descriptions, great dialogue, great pacing, a great climax. No other novel in the thriller/espionage field comes close.
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