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Loading... The Venetian Betrayal: A Novel (Steve Berry's Cotton Malone series) (original 2007; edition 2007)by Steve Berry
Work InformationThe Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry (2007)
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It was a disappointment in an exciting Berry novel that he described St. Mark as one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. This is not historical nor was that particular historical revision necessary for his story. The Venetian Betrayal is a long book. As per all of Steve Berry's books, a tremendous amount of research goes into writing. The key pieces were the discovery of an AIDS cure and the discovery of Alexander the Great's burial chamber. Two important finds. The settings were well described as were the characters. There are good guys and bad guy. There is a lot of killing. Four stars were given to this book. no reviews | add a review
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HTML:“[Steve Berry] has a genuine feel for the factual gaps that give history its tantalizing air of the unknown.”—The New York Times Book Review After narrowly escaping incineration in a devastating fire that consumes a Danish museum, Cotton Malone—former Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer—learns from his friend, the beguiling adventurer Cassiopeia Vitt, that the blaze was neither an accident nor an isolated incident. As part of a campaign of arson intended to mask a far more diabolical design, buildings across Europe are being devoured by infernos of unnatural strength. Born from the ashes is a new Eastern European nation whose ruthless leader will soon draw Cotton into an intense geopolitical chess game against a shadowy cabal of power brokers. The prize lies buried with the mummified remains of Alexander the Great—in a tomb lost to the ages for more than two thousand years. Trekking from Denmark to Venice to Central Asia, Cotton and Cassiopeia are determined to solve an ancient puzzle whose solution could destroy or save millions of people—depending on who finds the lost tomb first. “There’s nothing tastier than a globe-spanning mystery. . . . Berry’s books excel at bringing out fascinating tidbits of history.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch. No library descriptions found. |
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