(pb; 1971)
From the back cover
“Her weapons: money and
power. Her target: the most dangerous man in the world—her own son. Elizabeth
Wyckham Scarlatti has a plan, a desperate last-minute gamble designed to save
the world from her son, Ulster, an incalculably cruel man who is working for
the Third Reich under the name of Heinrich Kroeger. If Elizabeth cannot stop
him, Ulster will give Hitler the most powerful instrument on earth.”
Review
Scarlatti is equal
parts accounting reports and Ludlum’s trademark (sometimes emotional) character-based
action, an entertaining, clever, element- and character-balanced conspiratorial
ride set in the time just before World War II. Scarlatti is also a stylistic and trademark
offset tale from Ludlum’s other more action-heavy novels, e.g., Ludlum’s Bourne trilogy. Worth owning, this.
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