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Robert Ludlum

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The Bourne Identity Summary

A bullet-strewn body is pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea. Against all odds, the man is alive and a small island doctor slowly nurses him back to health. However, as he recovers he has no memory of his name or his own history. The man spends the story trying to discover his identity. He has a piece of film embedded in his hip with an account for a Zurich bank. He...

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Robert Ludlum Biographies (3)

Robert Ludlum

2,558 words, approx. 9 pages

Robert Ludlum (born 1927) is a prolific author of best-selling spy and thriller novels noted for their complicated plots and high-powered suspense. The diverse settings and time periods are embellishe... Read more

Robert Ludlum

5,049 words, approx. 17 pages

"Robert Ludlum," wrote Colin Harrison in the New York Times Magazine, "whose novels have sold 290 million copies (more or less the population of the United States), knew what makes a successful thrill... Read more

Robert Ludlum

2,559 words, approx. 9 pages

Suspense novelist Robert Ludlum "has his share of unkind critics who complain of implausible plots, leaden prose, and, as a caustic reviewer once sneered, an absence of 'redeeming literary values to b... Read more