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Title: On Wings of Eagles by Ken Follett ISBN: 0-451-16353-2 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: August, 1990 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 (24 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Sometimes truth is not as exciting as fiction
Comment: This is an absolutely true story of how some people working for Ross Perot at EDS were imprisoned in Iran and how the escaped. But, you know, sometimes true stories are not as interesting or suspenseful as fiction.
The introduction of the characters and the build up of the story are very well done. It is just that the escape was anticlimatic and not very exciting.
Other reveiwers make it sound like Ross Perot was a super hero, doing the impossible to rescue his workers. On Perot's side, he was very concerned for his people and took actions to try to help them. But, he wasn't involved in the actual rescue. He hired mercanaries to do the actual work.
It turns out that there was really no rescue. The captives escaped the prison on their own. The only thing the mercenaries supplied was transporation to the border. It made it easier for the people to get out of Iran, but they probably could have done it on their own.
This book would have been more interesting if it concentrated even more on the captives and gave less attention to Perot and the mercenaries. In that way, there would have been a lot more suspense and the ending would have had a better pay off.
This is not a bad book. The development of the characters is very good. And there is some tension when the captives are sent to prison. It's just there is no big action filled pay off in the end.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Book
Comment: It is as interesting as any of Tom Clancy's books with out boring you with 60 different plots that you know will eventually come to geather. It is great non-fiction book that lets you emerse yourself in the characters as well as the events of the time. If you have to do a report for school it is a great book, but it is just as good if you are looking for an interesting non-fiction read. A real page turner.
Rating: 3
Summary: It is a true story, but something is missing.
Comment: The first part of the book is very interesting, how two people get arrested in Iran an the company owner (Ross Perot) make the dream team to take them out of jail, but when they are out and they trying to escape it gets boring and boring, you can read it but don't expect much of it.
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Title: Triple by Ken Follett ISBN: 0451163540 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett ISBN: 0440217490 Publisher: Island Books Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett ISBN: 0380733358 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett ISBN: 0449225151 Publisher: Crest Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Man from St. Petersburg by Ken Follett ISBN: 0451163516 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: March, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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