The Aquitaine Progression
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| File:Ludlum - The Aquitaine Progression Coverart.png The Aquitaine Progression first edition cover. | |
| Author | Robert Ludlum |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | February 12, 1984 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 647 pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| OCLC | 9943106 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3562.U26 A87 1984 |
The Aquitaine Progression is a novel by Robert Ludlum originally published in 1984.[1]
Plot summary
[edit | edit source]Joel Converse is a lawyer, having previously been a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War. Because of his wartime experiences with Command Saigon, in the form of a psychopathic general named "Mad" Marcus Delavane, he is chosen to thwart a cabal of former generals bent on world domination.
The Generals
[edit | edit source]- Erich Leifhelm, a former Field Marshal from Nazi Germany, who ingratiated himself with the West after the defeat of Hitler.
- Chaim Abrams, a tough-as-nails sabra, a hero to Israeli independence.
- Jacques-Louis Bertholdier, a hero of the French Resistance who revels in his past as an assistant to De Gaulle.
- Jan van Headmer, a South African general known as the "slayer of Soweto."
- George Marcus Delavane, a bloodthirsty U.S. general from the Vietnam war.
Publication history
[edit | edit source]- 1984, US, Random House Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., Pub date February 12, 1984, Hardback
- 1985, US, Bantam Books Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., Pub date February 1, 1985, Paperback
- 1984, UK, Grafton Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Pub date March 1984, Hardback
- 1999, UK, HarperCollins Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., Pub date January 4, 1999, Paperback
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
