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A Matter of Honorby Archer, JeffreyFirst Edition
Book DescriptionLinden Press / Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0671624342 . Toned DJ. Price on DJ is $18.95. # line 13579108642. ; 1.5 x 9.5 x 6.3 Inches; 400 pages; From DJ: "As Adam listens to the final bequest of his father's will, he knows he will at last learn the unspoken secret that shadowed the peaceful retirement of Colonel Scott and turned him from a World War II hero into a disgraced and broken man. But inside the yellowed envelope Adam finds a far more important secret. The path Adam has to follow leads him first to the innermost vault of a Swiss bank where his real inheritance lies-a priceless work of Russian art, a 14th-century icon, smuggled out of Russia by the last Czar and subsequently passed into the hands of a Nazi war criminal by a bizarre twist of fate. In following the path to clear his father's name, Adam has stumbled upon a revelation so explosive that it could forever change the balance of power between America and the Soviet Union. Not since John Buchan's The Thirty-nine Steps has an author so deftly pitted an innocent man against the overwhelming force of a malign enemy. First to be menaced is the woman Adam loves, awakening him at a terrible cost to the danger that surrounds him. In his flight back across Europe, he learns that in a game of such high stakes, no one is particular about how to get his hands on the icon. Even his own countrymen cannot be relied upon. As the knife of tension is twisted progressively deeper, Adam can survive only by his wits. And then he makes the mistake of trusting his closest friend. Jeffrey Archer has proven himself time and again to be the most versatile of modern writers. In Kane & Abel, he told of a bitter fight between rivals over money and pride. In his number-one best-seller, First Among Equals, he created a struggle between three men for fame and power. In A Matter of Honor, he has rendered a battle between the innocent man and the trained killer that will leave you breathless. Here is a novel of un-relenting suspense, complete with the turns of plot and the double and triple twists that have become Archer trademarks. This is Archer at the top of his form. About the Author: Born in 1940 and educated at Wellington School and Brasenose College, Oxford, Jeffrey Archer became the youngest member of Britain's House of Commons in 1969. He served as an M. P. Until 1974, when he began a career as an author of such best-selling novels as Kane & Abel, The Prodigal Daughter and First Among Equals. In 1985 he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. Jeffrey Archer is married, has two children, and lives in London and Cambridge." . Bookseller Terms of Sale
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