- Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345460049
- ISBN-13: 978-0345460042
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.6 x 2.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 725,076 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The history of art has produced few works as ambitious and as valuable as the Amber Room. Famous throughout Europe as `the eighth wonder of the world', its vast and intricately worked amber panels were a gift of the king of Prussia to the Russian Emperor. For over two hundred years the room remained in its Russian palace, but with the outbreak of the Second World War, Hitler laid claim to it as a showpiece for the Third Reich. When the Nazis swept into Leningrad, it was wrenched from the walls, packed into crates and disappeared from view, never to be seen again. The mystery of what is generally considered to be the greatest of the missing treasures of Europe is the background fro this intriguing and gripping crime story.
Steven Berry - this is my 4th novel by him - has created with this work a fast running, intriguing, gripping mystery. It is splendid merger of fact and fiction creating an engrossing puzzler. I cut not put it down and finished it in 2 days. The only draw-back I could find: Berry should check the German phrases maybe with native speaker. But that does not pull the book down.
So if you want to find out why Steven Berry is a mega-seller: well, just read this book. Highly recommended!!! I am really looking forward to Steven Berry's next (5th) book.
Steven Berry - this is my 4th novel by him - has created with this work a fast running, intriguing, gripping mystery. It is splendid merger of fact and fiction creating an engrossing puzzler. I cut not put it down and finished it in 2 days. The only draw-back I could find: Berry should check the German phrases maybe with native speaker. But that does not pull the book down.
So if you want to find out why Steven Berry is a mega-seller: well, just read this book. Highly recommended!!! I am really looking forward to Steven Berry's next (5th) book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My husband gave me this to read on holiday as I'd ran out of reading material. It's clearly targeted at a male audience purely from the sexual descriptions but once I'd got past that this book was good to read.
I found bits a little tiresome as there was too much description in places rather than relying on the excellent plot and good characters. I can see why he is such a popular author and would possibly read his work again in the future. I was surprised at how quickly Rachel and Paul abandoned their children to go in search of the Amber Room in Germany to be honest but then I guess it is only fiction!
It is fast paced from the start and the Amber Room was portrayed brilliantly through some effective narrative. The plot surrounds Rachel and her ex-husband Paul. Rachel's father dies suspiciously and leaves behind a series of clues to a treasure called the Amber Room. Desperate to find out the truth she heads for Germany with her ex hot on her heels. They meet professional killers and devious art collectors on the adventure of their life.
A bit too neatly tied up at the end but still worth a read.
I found bits a little tiresome as there was too much description in places rather than relying on the excellent plot and good characters. I can see why he is such a popular author and would possibly read his work again in the future. I was surprised at how quickly Rachel and Paul abandoned their children to go in search of the Amber Room in Germany to be honest but then I guess it is only fiction!
It is fast paced from the start and the Amber Room was portrayed brilliantly through some effective narrative. The plot surrounds Rachel and her ex-husband Paul. Rachel's father dies suspiciously and leaves behind a series of clues to a treasure called the Amber Room. Desperate to find out the truth she heads for Germany with her ex hot on her heels. They meet professional killers and devious art collectors on the adventure of their life.
A bit too neatly tied up at the end but still worth a read.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
over all a good story and a decent read. But some parts I found very hit and miss. For the majority of the book you find your self constantly turning pages but it does have it's sluggish moments, but as i have said overall the book is a decent read
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The Amber Room
Great; Steve Berry is certainly one of the best authors I have read for some time. His research is very good with this and all of his books.
Published 4 months ago by Ms. K. Richardson
okay
have not read the book yet because im saving it for my holiday. The book came really fast and was a very god price. the coveres were a bit tatty but cant complain with the price
Published 9 months ago by lauren
Great Read
Having read the Romanov Prophecy I picked this book from the hotel library whilst on holiday. Three days later I put it gown!! Read more
Published 13 months ago by P. D. Roberts
wild goose chase
obscurely, Charlemagne pursuit manifeted or rather reflected many peopel's wild gose chase for the lost civilisation shrouded in mystery and secretness and dangled between the down... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Omar Farid
Suddely, as rare things will, it vanished.
The Amber Room was a treasure looted by the Nazis and lost during the end of WW2. Worth an on-line search to understand the background, it's quite interesting. Read more
Published 18 months ago by N. Brett
A decent read overall
I liked the idea behind this book but found it took quite a while to get off the ground and the plot isnt as seamless as it could be, going from one issue to the next. Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2010 by B. Barlow
A grave disappointment
I bought this book because I had quite enjoyed Steve Berry's _The Templar Legacy_. But this one is painfully stupid, with crass errors of language and historical fact every couple... Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2010 by R. Hancock
YOU HAVE TO READ THIS! :)
Steve berry is such an amazing auther and i've read almost all his books and they just keep getting better, amazing characters, plot twists, locations everything you could want :)
Published on 13 July 2009 by FUTURESTARdelux
an enjoyable read
the book focuses on the search for the historic 'Amber Room' following its disappearence following world war 2. Read more
Published on 7 July 2008 by Wee Mrs H
a room worth dying for
In search of a lost room which moves around during the 2nd WW which relate part of that history leading to place in Germany and Czech. Read more
Published on 27 April 2008 by SKYW4LKER
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