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The Fourth Protocol
The Fourth Protocol
Author: Frederick Forsyth
ISBN-13: 9780553251135
ISBN-10: 0553251139
Publication Date: 9/1/1985
Pages: 464
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 36 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1
Not particularly impressive. Entertaining but not memorable.
Mel avatar reviewed The Fourth Protocol on + 186 more book reviews
I can't remember if I read this but if I did then I liked it.
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The year is 1987. The place, London. Someone in the British Defense Ministry is funneling top secret military information to the Soviet Union. John Preston, a British intelligence agent of considerable skill, is handed the rather daunting task of finding out who is doing it and why.

Meanwhile, in Moscow, a diabolical plot is being hatched to bring Communist rule to the British Isles using the most nefarious of tactics.

Frederick Forsyth masterfully interweaves these two storylines using a narrative style that is detailed to the nth degree. The Fourth Protocal is highly suspenseful and filled with unexpected plot twists. Moreover, Forsyth dares to employ the unusual and somewhat risky technique of using a real life historical figure as one of the main characters....in this case the notorious double agent Kim Philby.

The Fourth Protocol is an extremely engaging, well crafted and meticulously researched cold war thriller that does not disappoint. It ranks right up there among the genre's finest.
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Forsyth to tell a story of political intrigue integrated with history to leave the reader wanting to know more. The characters are clever and interesting dealing with issues of great significance to all the world.
MMG avatar reviewed The Fourth Protocol on + 17 more book reviews
GREAT read. My favorite era of suspense/spymaster novels.
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Another great thriller from Frederick Forsyth.
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great book,by a great author.Exciting characters ane one of the plots in any book.
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Description From the Publisher
It is a time of political unrest in Great Britain. And behind the Iron Curtain an insidious plot is being hatched, a plan so incendiary that even the KGB is ignorant of its existence--Aurora, the sinister brainchild of two of the world's most dangerous men: the general secretary of the Soviet Union and master spy Kim Philby.

The wheels are in motion, the pawns are in place, and the countdown has begun toward an "accident" that could change the fact of British politics forever and trigger and collapse of the Western alliance.


Only British agent John Preston stand any chance of breaching the conspiracy. Through plot and counterplot, from bloody back streets to polished halls of power both East and West, his desperate investigation is relentlessly blocked by deceit, treachery, and the most deadly enemy of all...time.