The Aquitaine Progression
1984 novel by Robert Ludlum
0-394-53674-6Dewey Decimal
The Aquitaine Progression is a novel by Robert Ludlum originally published in 1984.[1]
Plot summary
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
- 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
- 1984, US, Random House ISBN 0-394-53674-6, Pub date February 12, 1984, Hardback
- 1985, US, Bantam Books ISBN 0-553-24900-2, Pub date February 1, 1985, Paperback
- 1984, UK, Grafton ISBN 0-246-11418-5 Pub date March 1984, Hardback
- 1999, UK, HarperCollins ISBN 0-586-05277-1, Pub date January 4, 1999, Paperback
References
- ^ "THE AQUITAINE PROGRESSION". Kirkus Reviews. 1 March 1983. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
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Novels by Robert Ludlum
- The Scarlatti Inheritance (1971)
- The Osterman Weekend (1972)
- The Matlock Paper (1973)
- Trevayne (1973)
- The Cry of the Halidon (1974)
- The Rhinemann Exchange (1974)
- The Road to Gandolfo (1975)
- The Gemini Contenders (1976)
- The Chancellor Manuscript (1977)
- The Holcroft Covenant (1978)
- The Parsifal Mosaic (1982)
- The Aquitaine Progression (1984)
- The Icarus Agenda (1988)
- The Road to Omaha (1992)
- The Scorpio Illusion (1993)
- The Apocalypse Watch (1995)
- The Prometheus Deception (2000)
- The Sigma Protocol (2001)
- The Janson Directive (2002)
- The Tristan Betrayal (2003)
- The Ambler Warning (2005)
- The Bancroft Strategy (2006)
- The Bourne Identity (1980)
- The Bourne Supremacy (1986)
- The Bourne Ultimatum (1990)
- The Matarese Circle (1979)
- The Matarese Countdown (1997)
- Covert-One series
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