Other Paths to Glory (Crime Masterworks 03) [Paperback]

Anthony Price (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 21, 2002 | Series: Crime Masterworks 03

Anthony Price's series of espionage thrillers featuring Dr Audley and Colonel Butler who were rivals to Le Carre in the 1970s and 1980s. In OTHER PATHS TO GLORY a contemporary mystery has its roots in the horrors of the trenches in 1915.

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About the Author

Born in Hertfordshire in 1928, Price was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and Oxford. His long career in journalism culminated in the Editorship of the OXFORD TIMES. His 1970 debut, THE LABYRINTH MAKERS, won the CWA Silver Dagger; his hero, Dr David Audley, historian and spy, featured in this and 18 subsequent novels.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Orion Paperbacks (March 21, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075284766X
• ISBN-13: 978-0752847665
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,522,586 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rightly Included in a "masterwork" series, October 2, 2005

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This review is from: Other Paths to Glory (Crime Masterworks 03) (Paperback)

I picked up a copy of this book at my local library at some point in the Eighties. Almost twenty years later, I suspect I've forgotten the plot of more mysteries and thrillers than any single person in my tri-state area. But "Other Paths to Glory" remained with me. In "Other Paths," a young military historian is recruited as a cold war spy when it appears that a modern mystery is somehow connected to World War I. The characters are well-developed, the plot is tight and suspenseful, but most of all the haunting past pervades the book and becomes its most compelling character. Price evokes the immanence of history so well that the book is elevated from a good-read-that-might-still-be-forgotten to a genre classic.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A complex spy thriller with a strong historical basis., June 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Other Paths to Glory (Hardcover)

This is one of Anthony Price's strongest works. The narrative is taut and suspenseful, with a complex chain of events occurring in the modern day which hark back to a little-known battle of the First World War. For historical and military buffs, this is one of the essential books of this genre.