His name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a murder that would change history. He had many weapons at his command, but the most important were the love of a beautiful young woman longing for the end of innocence, and the passion of a high-born lady demanding satisfaction at any price. Against
The Man From St. Petersburg
β Scribed by Ken Follett
- Publisher
- Penguin;New American Library
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 227 KB
- Edition
- 1st New American Library trade paperback printing
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
*"Ken Follett has done it once more . . . goes down with the ease and impact of a well-prepared martini." βNew York Times Book Review *
His name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a murder that would change history. A master manipulator, he had many weapons at his command, but against him were ranged the whole of the English police, a brilliant and powerful lord, and the young Winston Churchill himself. These odds would have stopped any man in the worldβexcept the man from St. Petersburg.
From the Paperback edition.
**
Review
"Ken Follett has done it once more . . . goes down with the ease and impact of a well-prepared martini." β*The New York Times Book Review
"Eerily plausible . . . one of Follett's finest." β* Time**
"A grabber with a pace that never flags." β** Cosmopolitan**
"Builds with such intensity that your heart races with pounding anticipation and sticks in your throat as the climactic moments near." β** Chattanooga Times-Free Press**
About the Author
Ken Follett is one of the worldβs best-loved authors, selling more than 160 million copies of his thirty books. Follettβs first bestseller was Eye of the Needle , a spy story set in the Second World War.
In 1989 The Pillars of the Earth was published, and has since become the author's most successful novel. It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprahβs Book Club pick.
Its sequel, World Without End , proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold 38 million copies worldwide. The third book, A Column of Fire , will be published by Viking in Fall 2017.
Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labradors.
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His name was Feliks, and he came to London to commit a murder that would change history. A master manipulator, he had many weapons at his command, but against him were ranged the whole of the English police, a brilliant and powerful lord, and the young Winston Churchill himself. These odds would hav
SUMMARY: His name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a murder that would change history. A master manipulator, he had many weapons at his command, but against him were ranged the whole of the English police, a brilliant and powerful lord, and the young Winston Churchill himself. These odds wo
SUMMARY: His name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a murder that would change history. A master manipulator, he had many weapons at his command, but against him were ranged the whole of the English police, a brilliant and powerful lord, and the young Winston Churchill himself. These odds wo
SUMMARY: His name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a murder that would change history. A master manipulator, he had many weapons at his command, but against him were ranged the whole of the English police, a brilliant and powerful lord, and the young Winston Churchill himself. These odds wo
SUMMARY: His name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a murder that would change history. A master manipulator, he had many weapons at his command, but against him were ranged the whole of the English police, a brilliant and powerful lord, and the young Winston Churchill himself. These odds wo