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The Janson directive

The Janson directive

by Robert Ludlum

2002KidnappingIntelligence officersFictionSuspense fictionTerrorism
3.7
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About this book

Superbly written in Robert Ludlums style. Story is about politicians creating a fictional character whom they use to manipulate global events without appearing to do so. The plot is good and the story is viewed from the Hero's view as he goes about uncovering the truth.

Themes & subjects

KidnappingIntelligence officersFictionSuspense fictionTerrorismPrevention
First published 2002

About the author

Robert Ludlum
Robert Ludlum

25 May 1927 – 12 March 2001

Robert Ludlum was an American author of 25 thriller novels. The number of his books in print is estimated between 290-500 million copies. They have been published in 33 languages and 40 countries. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd.<sup>[1][1]</sup> [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ludlum

Author

Robert Ludlum

First published

2002

Pages

634

Read time

≈ 16h

Editions

10

Languages

English, Russian, Polish

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

ISBN

9780312253486

Where to buy

TR
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