Praetorian

by Thomas Gifford

Book Overview

Thomas Gifford, the author of the New York Times bestseller The Assassini, creates a masterful suspense novel of obsession and betrayal, set in World War II Italy. A classic thriller.--Publishers... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553565028
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.3" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Gifford's best. Not great literature, but fun nevertheless.

Gifford's books always sound so good based on their descriptions on the back cover, but I think his books have either been spectacularly average or a snore fest. Except for this one. This one is a guilty pleasure. Yeah, some of the characters are stereotypes (and some are so superfluous that they break up the narrative). Yeah, Cilla's mental state bouces back and forth and makes us wonder why every man falls for her. And yeah, it's a little long. And yet Gifford managed to make me care about the main characters by following their journey through the years. Gifford does a nice job of placing us in the time. You get a feeling for London in the 40's and Paris in the 20's. The mystery doesn't require a complete suspension of disbelief (like some of his other books do). Characters act because of real motivations, not because the story requires them to do so. So yeah, if you're looking for a fun mystery/soap opera love story/war story with a historical flavor you can do a lot worse than this.

fun trip

I enjoyed this novel because it took me to a time and era that I enjoy reading about. There is a good mix of mystery, intrigue, love, and adultry not to mention a war or two. This novel did exactly what I expected it to do. It transported me to a diferent time and place and that is why I like to curl up with a good book.