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| The second Anthony Price book I've read and this is as good or better than Other Paths to Glory. The writing and plotting excellent, characters very interesting and as in OPTG Price has skilfully linked history, in this case WW2 ,to what could easily be the present. In covid times it has been wonderful to find Price's books which could hardly have been better written by Le Carre, Forsyte, Samsom, or Charles Cumming. I shall be reading more | ||||
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| Realistic, authentic and entertaining! This reader really enjoyed the romantic interlude in the story too. Perhaps, not his best work, but still a very good read. Even though it was written some fifty years, it gave you a solid sense of the time back then before satellite imagery, high tech weapons, spyware, satellite phones and drone warfare. It was good to read the first story written by the author to see where it all began. Price clearly shows he was the master of the obtuse. Read on my Kindle for the bargain price of $3! Recommended! This reader was sorry to hear of his passing. | ||||
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| This is the first book by this author, published about 1970. Not as complex or as intellectual as Le Carre, but very readable and enjoyable. I read it on holiday over two days. I bought it because I read about the author in his obituary a couple of weeks ago. | ||||
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| At first it seemed very similar to the many books now found in this genre but the plot development was more clever in the development through several layers of intrigue and double cross. | ||||
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| This is my second encounter with the work of Anthony Price and I don't regret a moment of it. It is enthralling and engrossing. I read it in a day and a half - I just couldn't put it down. A bomber has been discovered at the bottom of a drained lake. The pilot is still in it, as are a number of boxes... The Russians are interested... From this moment on we are led down a path of investigation and murder. We think we know where we are being led but don't be stupid... this is the Cold War, these are spies, this is politics.... For the life of me I just don't understand why these books are out of print... Price is priceless! | ||||
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| Excellent beginning to a really great set of books. Beautifully written, this book will keep you enthralled throughout. Well researched and totally believable. Interesting set of characters who slotted into the storyline seamlessly. Really Sorry when I reached the end, and so glad the main characters are developed further in other books. | ||||
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| I feel a little mean taking away a star for the way the main female character is written - it was first published at the start of the 1970s after all - but even by the standards of the time she could have been given more depth and personality. Apart from that, a great read with an evocative but plausible plot and some believable (male) characters. Best of all, Price can write sentences, which is often not the case in this genre. Although he never tries to be literary, neither does he insult his reader by plodding away in a monotonous, never changing beat. There's a lightness of touch that lifts the writing and keeps it fresh. I'm so pleased that others have noticed this and kept the books in print. Too many popular writers from the period have sunk without trace like the Dakota in the novel. Will they reemerge one day? | ||||
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| Love Mr Price esp at this price | ||||
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| The reality of post-war espionage in all its shades of grey is credibly brought to life by Price through the character of his reluctant hero David Audley, more a middle class Harry Palmer than any sort of James Bond. I'll definitely read 'em all. | ||||
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| Good espionage story of the sixties tied to WWII events. First in the series. | ||||
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| Having not read any Anthony Price for a number of years decided to begin with the first in the series. An excellent book, as good as le Carre and Deighton. Strongly recommended. | ||||
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| Same as previous review about the same author | ||||
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| Read a few years ago very good book | ||||
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| It was very good but the ending left a you in the air a bit. Being set in the cold war era it was hard to comprehend the importance of the outcome & I was more interested in the treasure. | ||||
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| This is a tense, beautifully written adventure/cold war story with believable characters that you actually care about. Convoluted plot but satisfying too. | ||||
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| This fascinating story based in 1968/9 has simply moved from being the modern thriller of its day in 1970 to an authentic story about the political world of its time, a world of Vietnam War, Cold War, Arab-Israeli War, terrorism, assassinations, Civil Rights Movement, Flower Power, and student riots, to name but a few. David Audley is one of the backroom brains in British Intelligence, specialising in Middle Eastern affairs, when he is suddenly hauled out of his comfort zone to investigate the recently-uncovered Dakota and pilot, posted missing in September 1945, en-route from Berlin to England. Why? There seems to be an excessive amount of interest from different groups of people, including a senior member of the KGB... This book is not a 'James Bond' thriller, but rather more cerebral. Yes, Audley has to go out from his desk, and suddenly see the operational side of the espionage world, but he's well aware he's not suited to it: he's afraid; he realises his ivory tower has ill-equipped him for dealing with the kinds of people he now meets, and the kind of pressure he's required to put on some of them to get the information he needs to deal with what has become a current threat, yet throughout it all, Audley's brain is working overtime, he's using all his contacts in the international Intelligence world he does know, trading one piece of information for another, and ultimately - read the book to find out! For me, this book is much more than the 'airport lounge' fiction of Len Deighton, and the gloomy, frequently depressing style of John Le Carre's George Smiley. It says a lot about the less flashy elements of intelligence gathering, the trading off of classified information between professionals in the hopes of getting something back, and the need to plough through masses of newspapers, other publications, and photographs to find the smallest of snippets, which, when put together, will provide the bulk of knowledge about individual players on the political scene so that their habits, way of thinking, strengths and weaknesses can all be assessed, and used in the future. At the same time, the characters are well-rounded, and will become even more so in the books that follow. | ||||
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| Other reviewers have commented on the anachronistic feeling of this book, and that's right: this is late 70s cold war spy thriller that feels like an early 60s one both in terms of the gentlemanly, intellectual spies and, more specifically, their morals. It's well written and engaging. The only slight issues are the love interest, which doesn't ring true at all, and the ending, which is a little unsatisfactory. I was left wanting a final twist, or at least something that hadn't been obvious 50 pages before the end. Still, the writing is lovely in marked contrast to much in this genre (le Carré aside), and will definitely be sampling later novels in this series. | ||||
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| I have been reading Anthony Price's novels from when they were first published. As with any paperback that is much read, 'age has withered and the years condemned' so what a joy to be able to load them on the demon Kindle. Anthony Price is a writer of huge talent. His novels, though now 'of their time' read well, are engaging and are hugely enjoyable. Not for him the dark melancholy of le Carre' but they do have that edge which makes for a good read that defies the clock – even after all these years and having read them several times before. I can but recommend them to a new audience, they are smashing novels with good plot lines and characters that are more than plausible. Set in the days of the 'Cold War' they give an insight to those times when the Russian Bear was Red in tooth and claw. What more could you want in a book. Well done his publishers for making them available once more. | ||||
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