By: Ken Follett Publisher: Signet Book Average Rating: Binding: Mass Market Paperback Label: Signet Book Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 526 Publication Date: September 01, 1992
Product Description: 1939. The world's most luxurious airliner is heading straight into a storm of international intrigue, violence, war, and betrayal...
Flight full of intrigue A story of romance,intrigue and espionage takes place over the Atlantic on the Pan American Clipper at the onset of WWII. Follett's mixture of characters are wonderful; everything from aristocrats to theives and spies on this flight. People from all walks of life taking this flight for all different reasons. A darn good yarn and as a bonus I learned something about the Pan American Clipper; an amazing engineering feat in itself.
Quite a Suspenseful Flight...Follett is a Master! Having finished Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, I rediscovered Follett after having read Eye of the Needle eons ago. Night Over Water is as well constructed a story as you'll find. He introduces the cast of characters so well, that when the flight commences and the personalities meet, the mystery and spice pull you in. Tighten your seat belt, this one is going to be a turbulent good read. Enjoy!
Couldn't put this book down As usual another great story told by Ken Follett. This book takes you back to 1939 in pre-war times in England. It it about several different families and lives that come together on the Pan-Am Clipper. The story is beautifully told from many different points of view. I like the was he would end one chapter with one persons point of view, and then resume the other chapter going a few minutes back in time and telling it from someone else's point of view. I loved this book. Thanks Ken Follett for another wonderful novel.
Welcome Aboard the Pan Am Clipper I read this 544 page paperback in 3 days. Its "Ship of Fools" meets the Pan Am Clipper in 1939 at the very beginning of WWII. Everybody on the legendary flying boat seems to be running away from something and their stories all intersect during the 40 hour flight from England to the U.S. Its an easy and fun read, and the closest we'll ever get to experiencing the golden age of travel by flying boat.
Pretty good... Ok, this was no Pillars of the Earth, but it was a decent read anyhow. Just before the outbreak of World War 2, a Clipper - a large luxury plane akin to the Spruce Goose - is taking off from England for America. Some passengers are ordinary people, some are upper class people, some are movie stars, some are police, some are criminals, and some are Nazis. Moreover, someone has kidnapped the wife of a crewmember, and will kill her unless he brings the plane down in the Atlantic and release one very special passenger.
There are many characters, with many intertwining plots, and Follett does a decent job in managing it, however, there were times when he would quit switching points of view, and continue with the more interesting characters. Also, the ending is a tad forced, in that everything ends a little too prettily, otherwise this book would have gotten 5 stars for being a real page-turner.
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