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The Paris Vendetta
The Paris Vendetta: A Novel | Steve Berry
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BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steve Berrys The Columbus Affair and a Cotton Malone dossier.When Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile in 1821, he took to the grave a powerful secret. As general and emperor, he had stolen immeasurable riches from palaces, national treasuries, and even the Knights of Malta and the Vatican. In his final days, his British captors hoped to learn where the loot lay hidden. But he told them nothing, and in his will he made no mention of the treasure. Or did he?Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone isn't looking for trouble when it comes knocking at his Copenhagen bookshop. Actually, it breaks and enters in the form of an American Secret Service agent with a pair of assassins on his heels. Malone has his doubts about the anxious young man, but narrowly surviving a ferocious firefight convinces him to follow his unexpected new ally.Their first stop is the secluded estate of Malone's good friend, Henrik Thorvaldsen. The wily Danish tycoon has uncovered the insidious plans of the Paris Club, a cabal of multimillionaires bent on manipulating the global economy. Only by matching wits with a terrorist-for-hire, foiling a catastrophic attack, and plunging into a desperate hunt for Napoleon's legendary lost treasure can Malone hope to avert international financial anarchy.But Thorvaldsen's real objective is much more personal: to avenge the murder of his son by the larcenous aristocrat at the heart of the conspiracy. Thorvaldsen's vendetta places Malone in an impossible quandaryone that forces him to choose between friend and country, past and present. Starting in Denmark, moving to England, and ending up in the storied streets and cathedrals of Paris, Malone plays a breathless game of duplicity and death, all to claim a prize of untold value. But at what cost?
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Mollyanna
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The 5th book in the Cotton Malone series (#SeriesLove2024) takes us to Paris for further adventures. These are quick (although not short) books full of adventure and intrigue. This one had a bit of a gut punch though, and I‘m a bit mad at Berry. On to the next (soon, I hope).

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MissyD
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I have always loved Steve berry‘s books. They have plenty of action but what I love most is how the author explains what points were real and what points he twisted into fiction. I always end up stopping and looking up particular facts or places or people. I always learn something from@his books
#SummerEndReadathon.

@TheSpineView

BOOK 1 DONE ✅

TheSpineView Fantastic! 1y
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Andrew65
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So many #Paris read options to choose today but chose this one.

Love the Cotton Malone series but this is quite a seminal book in the series as we lose an important central character 😢

#BeginsWith

Eggs ❤️🖤💔 3y
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Sresendez12
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I do so love the Cotton Malone series. This was a great one to listen while driving to and from the lake. Definitely enough plotting and action going on to keep me a wake for the drive. I‘m a little sad that Cassiopeia wasn‘t in this one, but many of the other standard characters made an appearance. I wasn‘t a super fan of the ending because it made me tear up and I wasn‘t prepared for that with these books. But a definite pick for sure!

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MonicaLoves2Read
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Andrew65
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Book : Tagged Book - The Paris Vendetta
Author : Sharon Kay Penman - an all time favourite
TV Show : Primeval
Food : Pizza 🍕

#ManicMonday #letterP

JoScho 🧡💜🧡 6y
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Andrew65

'That's where you're wrong. I love treasure. Who wouldn't.I especially enjoy denying it to worthless pieces of crap like you'. Cotton Malone

😂🤣😂🤣😂

Louise 😂😂😂 8y
Andrew65 @Louise This definitely tickled me and made me literally laugh out loud! 8y
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Andrew65

Friends are only apart in distance, not in heart. Remember, Sam, every good friend was once a stranger.

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Andrew65

'Did you know that a kiss shortens life by 3 minutes..not a peck on the cheek. A real kiss, like you mean it causes palpitations to such a degree that the heart works harder in four seconds than it would normally do in 3 minutes'.

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Andrew65

After all that was the whole idea. Scare the people into obeying - then extract profit from their fear. The better solution was the simplest. Invent the fear...thankfully in today's world, a credible enemy existed and had already galvanised public sentiment. Terrorism.'

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Andrew65

War is a progressive force, naturally generating that which would not otherwise have taken place. Free thinking and innovation are but two of the many positive aspects that war creates.

An interesting view point! Do you agree?

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Andrew65

'By God I will not be buried in Westminster (Abbey). They do bury fools there.'

Godfrey Kneller, Painter

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Andrew65

Stir a person up and they think. Add anger and they usually screw up.

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Andrew65

Knowledge is the greatest of luxuries.

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'History is prophecy, looking backwards' Flaubert

Hobbinol ❤️❗️ 8y
Andrew65 @Hobbinol it's a great quote. 8y
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Andrew65

Have started book 5 in the Cotton Malone Series by Steve Berry for a Group Read I am leading over the next six days. This one links to Egypt, Napoleon and some Second World War treasure which was taken to Corsica by the look of it (from the opening 2 or 3 chapters).