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Books and profile for Robert Ludlum

The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum

‘The Bourne Ultimatum’ is an extremely convoluted book with a reasonable plot. After years of Bourne living as the mild mannered scholar David Webb, Carlos the Jackal has returned to challenge him. At the same time, a new (criminal) Medusa, … Continue reading

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The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum

‘The Bourne Supremacy’ is Robert Ludlum’s second Bourne novel and unfortunately doesn’t reach the same high standard as ‘The Bourne Identity’. The book is almost 700 pages long and I felt as though I had to work to get through … Continue reading

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Robert Ludlum Profile and Books

Robert Ludlum was born in 1927 in New York and died in 2001. He was from a reasonably wealthy family and attended the Rectory School, the Cheshire Academy and the Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Ludlum was a United States Marine, … Continue reading

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The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum

‘The Bourne Identity’ is the book that started the whole Bourne saga. There are now 10 books in the series plus a series of movies, although the relationship of the later books and the movies to the original book is … Continue reading

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