The Holcroft Covenant
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What if the sins of the Nazi fathers could be redeemed by their unknowing sons — and what if that redemption itself were the deadliest trap of all? The Holcroft Covenant thrusts Noel Holcroft, an unsuspecting American architect, into a terrifying web of international conspiracy when he discovers that his late father, a high-ranking Nazi officer, secretly set aside over $780 million in a Geneva bank account to atone for the crimes of the Third Reich. Recruited to fulfill his father's dying wish, Holcroft is plunged into a shadowy world of assassination, deceit, and a fanatical neo-Nazi brotherhood determined to subvert the covenant for its own catastrophic ends. Robert Ludlum, the undisputed master of the modern espionage thriller, constructs a relentlessly paced narrative that interrogates the haunting legacy of World War II, the corruptibility of idealism, and the terrifying persistence of fascist ideology beneath the surface of civilised society. His trademark labyrinthine plotting, morally ambiguous characters, and globe-spanning action cemented The Holcroft Covenant as one of the definitive political thrillers of the twentieth century. First published in 1978, it remains a chilling reminder that history's darkest chapters are never truly closed — and that the most dangerous conspiracies are always the ones wrapped in the language of atonement.
Author: Robert Ludlum
Format: Hardback
Genre: Thriller
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What if the sins of the Nazi fathers could be redeemed by their unknowing sons — and what if that redemption itself were the deadliest trap of all? The Holcroft Covenant thrusts Noel Holcroft, an unsuspecting American architect, into a terrifying web of international conspiracy when he discovers that his late father, a high-ranking Nazi officer, secretly set aside over $780 million in a Geneva bank account to atone for the crimes of the Third Reich. Recruited to fulfill his father's dying wish, Holcroft is plunged into a shadowy world of assassination, deceit, and a fanatical neo-Nazi brotherhood determined to subvert the covenant for its own catastrophic ends. Robert Ludlum, the undisputed master of the modern espionage thriller, constructs a relentlessly paced narrative that interrogates the haunting legacy of World War II, the corruptibility of idealism, and the terrifying persistence of fascist ideology beneath the surface of civilised society. His trademark labyrinthine plotting, morally ambiguous characters, and globe-spanning action cemented The Holcroft Covenant as one of the definitive political thrillers of the twentieth century. First published in 1978, it remains a chilling reminder that history's darkest chapters are never truly closed — and that the most dangerous conspiracies are always the ones wrapped in the language of atonement.