The Eleventh Commandment [Import] [Hardcover]

Jeffrey Archer (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 341 pages
• Publisher: Harper-collins Publishers; 1ST edition (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0002253194
• ISBN-13: 978-0002253192
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (126 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,872,610 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jeffrey Archer was educated at Oxford University. He has served five years in Britain's House of Commons, fourteen years in the House of Lords and two in Her majesty's prisons, which spawned three volumes of highly acclaimed Prison Diaries. All of his novels and short story collections--including Kane and Abel, Sons of Fortune, and False Impression--have been international bestsellers. Archer is married with two children and lives in London and Cambridge.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Absolutely Loved This Book, January 17, 2002

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Imperial Topaz (Marrakesh, Morocco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Eleventh Commandment: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

I read this book in three days and could hardly put it down. I have become interested lately in CIA and spy novels, and this book did not disappoint me in any way, in spite of what a couple reviewers below have said about it. What I loved MOST about this book is that you don't expect a CIA assassin to be a truly honorable man, as was this main character. It was really interesting how the author immediately pulls you into the assasin's mind and gets you right on his side.

The reviewers below comment on the plot being implausible--that the CIA would not go around like this assasinating world leaders. I don't think this comment is important. In any novel, we must "suspend our disbelief," and this novel is no different. The more pertinent question in this novel is "What if?" I personally thought it was one of the best plots I have ever read, and I really enjoyed how the characters were one-upping each other. I was really surprised by the twists and turns of the plot as it progressed. And I liked being surprised. An EXCELLENT read.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Vacation Time-Killer, December 8, 2002

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Charlie A Allen (Scotts Valley, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Eleventh Commandment: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

Like most authors of this genre, Archer starts out at a high intensity but with fairly plausible characters and plot lines for the first hundred pages, but to maintain the ever-increasing tension, the characters and the plot have to move off into never-never land. By the time you get to the last fifty pages, he's off the charts. But long before that, you're hooked on the adreneline rush and you stick with it until the end. Not a great book, but a pleasant way to kill a rainy weekend at the beach or wait out a blizzard on the ski slopes. I wouldn't buy it, but I'll read a few more of Archer's books from the library to see if they are better or worse than this one.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Holiday savior, October 11, 2000

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Radka Bursikova (Prague, Czech Republic) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Eleventh Commandment: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

I have read many of Archers books. And I must say I am a devoted reader, even though some of his pieces had already disappointed me. But this one is a hit. It starts quite slowly, by the first third of the book, you wonder whether it is going to be tricky and thrilling at all. But through the rest of the book you just fly through without a break. There are some really good points (f.e. the execution part, for those who have read..:o))). I loved this book. And thanks to the slow start, I would recommend this also to the Archers first readers. You will have time to make yourself comfortable with characters and pace of his story. And it IS a REALLY GOOD ONE with professional background and obvious knowledge of the problematics.