- Hardcover: 432 pages
- Publisher: W&N (12 July 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0575065540
- ISBN-13: 978-0575065543
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.5 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,731,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Francis Bennett's Cold War sequence reaches 1961 - and the threat of the Berlin Wall.
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Francis Bennett's trilogy, tracing the history of the Cold War, started with Making Enemies, set in the deadly days of the race for the hydrogen bomb in the late 1940s, and continued with Secret Kingdom, which anatomised the run-up to the Hungarian Revolution, when the Hungarian people cried out for help from the West and were ignored for the basest of realpolitikal reasons. Now, in Doctor Berlin, we are in 1961 at yet another time of crisis as the great powers squabble over that symbol of a divided Europe, Berlin. As in his previous books, Francis Bennett shows us how lies and deception have shaped the recent history of our continent, how a relatively small number of deeply cynical men and women have affected the lives of millions - and how, if a few idealists had been listened to - it all might have been very different. A strong, engrossing thriller in the tradition of Le Carre.
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The inside cover informs us that this is, sadly, the last in a three book series tracing the history of the Cold War in fiction. Shame. Francis Bennett's trilogy began with the superb 'Making Enemies' and continued with 'Secret Kingdom'. Now there is 'Dr Berlin' and it has been well worth the wait. The plotting is as assured and as detailed as the first novel in the series and many of the characters from both previous books appear as their cleverly interwoven stories meet. The scenario for 'Dr Berlin' is the squabble over Berlin in the early 1960's and the constant threat of mass nuclear war. With this backdrop, Mr Bennett weaves a tale of espionage, history, love and betrayal into a splendid mantle of entertainment and education. Education? Well, yes. Mr Bennetts skill throughout these books has been to educate as well as any history book can as to the nature of the time. All three novels have an accurate sense of period and place to them that many so called 'bestseller' writers would do well to imitate. There has been an upsurge recently in the number of espionage books published and this series beats then all, and by some distance. Quite why these novels do not appear at the top of the bestseller lists and command greater review attention is beyond me. Perhaps publishers are unwilling to spend money promoting this kind of quality in favour of some recognised writers tired efforts or some celebrity drivel. Shame again.. 'Dr Berlin' ..deserves better, much, much better. If there is to be any any criticism then one could argue that the ending is a little weak. I got the sense that Mr Bennett had a lot more in store for his characters but was constrained by the fact that this is the final instalment. After all, we were promised a series of books tracing the history of the Cold War; we have had the late 1940's, the 1950's and now the early 1960's, what about the Cuban Missile Crisis, the 1970's and 1980's with the fall of the wall and communism itself. There are three more books here I am sure. To anyone who enjoys atmospheric, intense and truly thrilling books, read this series. To Francis Bennett - please write more books, and to publishers - have the courage to invest in more quality fiction like this.
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