234:. They were raised, provided for, and indoctrinated. Those who showed promise were inducted into the conspiracy by their elders; those that weren't were "removed." They have waited thirty years for the funds so as to finally take over the world. Their leader, the Tinamou, is the world's deadliest assassin.
246:
Ludlum says the novel was inspired by a "what if" question. "What if Nazi children at the end of World War Two were being saved so that in the next generation they could revive the Third Reich? British intelligence had traced down the rumour and found it false. But that didn't stop me spinning it out
237:
As
Holcroft attempts to carry out what he believes to be the noble, secret mission of his biological father, he is continuously blindsided as good guys turn out to be bad guys, bad guys turn out to be good guys, and Holcroft, who has no training whatsoever in intelligence and espionage, is forced to
230:. In the dying days of the war, a vast search went out throughout Germany. The children of Germany's finest, those without physical and psychological frailties, were sent to isolated hamlets all over the world by airplane and
211:. At some point in the 1970s, Holcroft is contacted by the Grande Banque de Geneve, concerning his father's will and testament. The testament says that in the last half of the war, Clausen found out about the
215:. Horrified and desperate to make amends, he and his two friends stole vast amounts of money from thousands of individual sources throughout the Reich and funneled them into a secure account in
223:. Now, if Holcroft will contact the children of the two friends, they can form a group to distribute the funds and alleviate some of the pain of the Holocaust.
730:
38:
413:
750:
735:
315:
304:
289:
278:
152:
720:
434:
725:
745:
740:
192:
635:
406:
422:
531:
507:
443:
571:
37:
89:
678:
483:
475:
399:
623:
611:
499:
651:
643:
595:
587:
563:
555:
491:
451:
670:
523:
61:
603:
579:
226:
Ranged against him in this noble endeavor is the last trace of the Third Reich: the children of
696:
547:
539:
459:
366:
311:
300:
285:
274:
247:
into a story. You can call me a paranoiac if you like. But what I basically am is a skeptic."
159:
147:
338:
270:
714:
426:
296:
204:
184:
94:
51:
381:
188:
207:
architect and secretly the son of
Heinrich Clausen, chief economic adviser to the
220:
208:
336:"Books of The Times: The Real Purpose Murder in Amsterdam" By John Leonard.
259:
called it a "rivetting, suspense-filled read." The novel was a best seller.
212:
128:
79:
17:
216:
391:
467:
166:
124:
231:
180:
395:
364:"Another digger in the mother lode of villainy" Shaw, David.
351:"BEHIND THE BEST SELLERS: Robert Ludlum" By Herbert Mitgang.
160:
689:
662:
622:
433:
158:
146:
135:
119:
111:
101:
85:
75:
67:
57:
47:
407:
8:
30:
414:
400:
392:
36:
29:
329:
7:
27:1978 thriller novel by Robert Ludlum
379:"The secret life of Robert Ludlum"
731:American novels adapted into films
203:The novel concerns Noel Holcroft,
25:
281:Pub date July 27, 1978, Hardback
307:, Pub date April 1980, Hardback
1:
751:Novels about Nazi fugitives
767:
318:, Pub date 1980, Paperback
292:, Pub date 1979, Paperback
532:The Aquitaine Progression
508:The Chancellor Manuscript
444:The Scarlatti Inheritance
35:
736:American thriller novels
572:The Prometheus Deception
721:Novels by Robert Ludlum
310:1980, US, Bantam Books
679:The Matarese Countdown
484:The Rhinemann Exchange
476:The Cry of the Halidon
31:The Holcroft Covenant
612:The Bancroft Strategy
516:The Holcroft Covenant
500:The Gemini Contenders
193:film of the same name
176:The Holcroft Covenant
726:1978 American novels
652:The Bourne Ultimatum
644:The Bourne Supremacy
596:The Tristan Betrayal
588:The Janson Directive
564:The Apocalypse Watch
556:The Scorpio Illusion
492:The Road to Gandolfo
452:The Osterman Weekend
228:Projekt Sonnenkinder
746:Novels about Nazism
741:American spy novels
671:The Matarese Circle
636:The Bourne Identity
524:The Parsifal Mosaic
299:, Putnam Pub Group
263:Publication history
191:it was made into a
179:is a 1978 thriller
32:
604:The Ambler Warning
580:The Sigma Protocol
284:1979, UK, Granada
238:learn on the job.
42:First edition (UK)
708:
707:
548:The Road to Omaha
540:The Icarus Agenda
460:The Matlock Paper
367:Los Angeles Times
342:13 Mar 1978: C19.
257:Los Angeles Times
172:
171:
112:Publication place
58:Cover artist
16:(Redirected from
758:
416:
409:
402:
393:
386:
377:
371:
362:
356:
355:6 Apr 1978: 272.
349:
343:
334:
273:, HarperCollins
162:
103:Publication date
40:
33:
21:
766:
765:
761:
760:
759:
757:
756:
755:
711:
710:
709:
704:
685:
663:Matarese series
658:
618:
429:
420:
390:
389:
385:6 Jan 1979: 11.
378:
374:
370:2 Apr 1978: l4.
363:
359:
350:
346:
335:
331:
326:
321:
265:
253:
244:
201:
141:(first edition)
120:Media type
104:
93:
43:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
764:
762:
754:
753:
748:
743:
738:
733:
728:
723:
713:
712:
706:
705:
703:
702:
693:
691:
687:
686:
684:
683:
675:
666:
664:
660:
659:
657:
656:
648:
640:
631:
629:
620:
619:
617:
616:
608:
600:
592:
584:
576:
568:
560:
552:
544:
536:
528:
520:
512:
504:
496:
488:
480:
472:
464:
456:
448:
439:
437:
431:
430:
421:
419:
418:
411:
404:
396:
388:
387:
372:
357:
353:New York Times
344:
339:New York Times
328:
327:
325:
322:
320:
319:
308:
293:
282:
266:
264:
261:
252:
249:
243:
240:
200:
197:
170:
169:
164:
156:
155:
150:
144:
143:
137:
133:
132:
121:
117:
116:
115:United Kingdom
113:
109:
108:
105:
102:
99:
98:
87:
83:
82:
77:
73:
72:
69:
65:
64:
59:
55:
54:
49:
45:
44:
41:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
763:
752:
749:
747:
744:
742:
739:
737:
734:
732:
729:
727:
724:
722:
719:
718:
716:
701:
699:
695:
694:
692:
688:
681:
680:
676:
673:
672:
668:
667:
665:
661:
654:
653:
649:
646:
645:
641:
638:
637:
633:
632:
630:
628:
626:
621:
614:
613:
609:
606:
605:
601:
598:
597:
593:
590:
589:
585:
582:
581:
577:
574:
573:
569:
566:
565:
561:
558:
557:
553:
550:
549:
545:
542:
541:
537:
534:
533:
529:
526:
525:
521:
518:
517:
513:
510:
509:
505:
502:
501:
497:
494:
493:
489:
486:
485:
481:
478:
477:
473:
470:
469:
465:
462:
461:
457:
454:
453:
449:
446:
445:
441:
440:
438:
436:
432:
428:
427:Robert Ludlum
424:
417:
412:
410:
405:
403:
398:
397:
394:
384:
383:
376:
373:
369:
368:
361:
358:
354:
348:
345:
341:
340:
333:
330:
323:
317:
316:0-553-14491-X
313:
309:
306:
305:0-399-90001-2
302:
298:
294:
291:
290:0-586-04816-2
287:
283:
280:
279:0-246-11048-1
276:
272:
268:
267:
262:
260:
258:
250:
248:
241:
239:
235:
233:
229:
224:
222:
218:
214:
210:
206:
205:New York City
198:
196:
194:
190:
186:
185:Robert Ludlum
182:
178:
177:
168:
165:
163:
157:
154:
153:0-246-11048-1
151:
149:
145:
142:
138:
134:
130:
126:
122:
118:
114:
110:
107:July 27, 1978
106:
100:
96:
95:Richard Marek
91:
88:
84:
81:
78:
74:
70:
66:
63:
60:
56:
53:
52:Robert Ludlum
50:
46:
39:
34:
19:
697:
677:
669:
650:
642:
634:
624:
610:
602:
594:
586:
578:
570:
562:
554:
546:
538:
530:
522:
515:
514:
506:
498:
490:
482:
474:
466:
458:
450:
442:
382:The Guardian
380:
375:
365:
360:
352:
347:
337:
332:
256:
254:
245:
236:
227:
225:
202:
175:
174:
173:
140:
62:John Knights
18:Sonnenkinder
221:Switzerland
209:Third Reich
715:Categories
698:Covert-One
324:References
242:Background
251:Reception
213:Holocaust
129:Paperback
86:Publisher
80:Espionage
690:See also
468:Trevayne
167:59182171
125:Hardback
68:Language
139:494 pp
123:Print (
90:Granada
71:English
700:series
682:(1997)
674:(1979)
655:(1990)
647:(1986)
639:(1980)
627:series
625:Bourne
615:(2006)
607:(2005)
599:(2003)
591:(2002)
583:(2001)
575:(2000)
567:(1995)
559:(1993)
551:(1992)
543:(1988)
535:(1984)
527:(1982)
519:(1978)
511:(1977)
503:(1976)
495:(1975)
487:(1974)
479:(1974)
471:(1973)
463:(1973)
455:(1972)
447:(1971)
435:Novels
423:Novels
314:
303:
295:1980,
288:
277:
269:1978,
232:U-boat
217:Zurich
127:&
48:Author
187:. In
181:novel
136:Pages
76:Genre
312:ISBN
301:ISBN
286:ISBN
275:ISBN
255:The
199:Plot
189:1985
161:OCLC
148:ISBN
97:(US)
92:(UK)
425:by
183:by
717::
297:US
271:UK
219:,
195:.
415:e
408:t
401:v
131:)
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
