- Hardcover: 404 pages
- Publisher: Random House Value Pub; Reissue edition (July 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0517558130
- ISBN-13: 978-0517558133
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 3.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,676,811 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Interesting New Story
8 April 2002
Format:Hardcover
This was a cool story. We have all read a bakers dozen World War Two historical fiction books based in Europe, many even with this type of spy vs. spy hunter chase, but this is the first time I have seen this story line. This is great because I feel like I got a history lesson about what it was like back home during the war. This author's ability to capture details really comes to the forefront in describing what it was like in the states. This is a good book and can be picked up for a song used. It is worth the time.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Oldie But Goodie
13 Dec 2000
Format:Paperback
What a surprise to find that this intriguing story of an assassin and the chase to stop him has not been reviewed at Amazon. Readers are missing out on a thriller and I consider it a public service and my duty to alert anyone interested in WWll historical fiction at its best that James Thayer has written a winner.
Born from desperation, Hitler hatched a plot to have F.D.R. assassinated, believing that in so doing the inevitable defeat of Nazi Germany could be overturned. The story is about the assassin,an escapee from Fort Lewis POW Camp near Tacoma, Washington and the Secret Service agent assigned to capture him. There is action from the beginning when Kurt Monck escapes from the camp to the pulse-pounding finish with a wheelchair-bound F.D.R.
Thayer captures the climate of the United States' domestic front, the fear and concern of the people and the effects of a war economy. He describes the use of innovative investigative techniques in their infancy; the thoughts and feelings of Roosevelt and his relationship with Lucy Mercer and the pressure and anxiety felt by John Wren, the agent with the responsibility to hunt down assassin Monck before he completes his world- altering assignment.
This story was a pleasure to read and is highly recommended for those with a taste for adventure and patriotism.
Quite a interesting story
26 Jan 2003
Format:Paperback
I read White Star by Mr. Thayer and planned to read more of his writings. A year or so has passed and I saw this book. I could not have been more pleased as I love fiction tied in with true history (i.e. Winds or War, War and Remembrance) I believe there was a attempt on FDR'S life during the war but thwarted. I would recommend this book to all and will go back to the begining to read all of them.
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