The Secret Generations The Secret Trilogy Book 1 edition by John Gardner Literature Fiction eBooks
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May, 1910
The world is on the eve of a war set to ruin the lives of a whole generation.
The Railton family are intimately involved in the world of espionage, which will become so crucial to the conflict’s outcome.
With the death of General Sir William Railton, the family patriarch and hero of Balaclava, the family is thrown into a world of violence and intrigue.
Manipulated by the new head of the family, the ruthless arch-intriguer Giles Railton, each member of the dynasty comes to play their part in the ‘Great Game’ of Intelligence.
Through the story of one family, whose lives become caught up in some of the greatest struggles of the twentieth century, John Gardner traces the birth, the successes and the failures of the organizations now known as MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.
From the battlefields of the Western Front to Russia on the eve of revolution, this epic work of fiction tells the story of the dramatic history of Britain’s intelligence and security services.
‘The Secret Generations’ is a towering saga of adventure, romance and intrigue by an author of international stature writing at his very best.
‘A master storyteller at the height of his power’ - Len Deighton
‘A Schnapps and champagne spy-fi, packed with melodrama’ - The Guardian
‘Plenty of action, plenty of sex, lashings of period detail’ - The Financial Times
‘Perverse but electric, the book flashes provocatively through the high jinks of modern espionage’ - Mail on Sunday
‘The first book ever to combine a family saga with a spy story… keeps you turning the pages up to the last subtle twist of treachery’ - Daily Express
Before coming an author of fiction in the early 1960’s John Gardner was variously a stage magician, a Royal Marine officer and a journalist. In all Gardner has fifty-four novels to his credit, including Maestro, which was the New York Times book of the year. He was also invited by Ian Fleming’s literary copyright holders to write a series of continuation James Bond novels, which proved to be so successful that instead of the contracted three books he went on to publish some fourteen titles, including Licence Renewed and Icebreaker. Having lived in the Republic of Ireland, the United States and the UK, John Gardner sadly died in August of 2007 having just completed his third novel in the Moriarty trilogy, Conan Doyle’s eponymous villain of the Sherlock Holmes series.
The Secret Generations The Secret Trilogy Book 1 edition by John Gardner Literature Fiction eBooks
This is one of those epic family dramas in which a very English family, so English in its attitudes that it almost lapses into caricature, shows how the sins of the fathers is visited upon the next generation. Lest this review becomes longer that the book, suffice it to say the Uncle Railton becomes involved with the secret world of espionage at the beginning of its establishment and manages to sacrifice everything on the altar of the past and English security. Needless to say it is a past that has treated the family very well but now is the time to pay the piper.No spoilers but the story line is a bit too byzantine and the characters and plot seem a bit too contrived but Gardner does keep to roller coaster going. So much so that you be will tempted to read the sequel. The book will not disappoint but also will not inspire as other great English spy stories do because it does not ask the great questions only the small ones.
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The Secret Generations The Secret Trilogy Book 1 edition by John Gardner Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
An amazing story. It reels you in and holds you captive to the last page. I think John was the true head of the family. He guarded it well.
This is by no means a quick read, but extremely well crafted and compelling. The characters are certainly believable and although there are many of them, they are well enough described as to be easily remembered.
The beginning of the book,filled with massive amounts of information about the characters, really slows the down the reading, thus making it hard to hold ones interest....after the halfway point it picks up in tempo and the plot thickens. The ending is worth getting through the slow start!
A long fictional exposition of a British family's involvement in espionage for various sides. Worth reading.
John Gardner's "Secret" trilogy begins with The Secret Generations; follows with The Secret Houses and finishes with The Secret Families. To get the full sweep of the characters and the secret dealings you should read all three books. Spying, double-dealing and a bit of espionage mixed in with extensive character development makes for interesting reading. The going is slow at times and the plot sometimes hard to follow. These are books you invest time in. For those who push through to the end there is a payoff. To those who give up because of sometimes plodding pacing, come back later and try again.
I had trouble following names but it all worked in the end. Oh what members of one family could try to do and do! Look forward to the next two books of this trilogy.
An excellent spy story in the mould of John LeCarre. I will not say Gardner is better, but equally as good. This volume is the first of a trilogy that covers the English secret service in the 20th century. I enjoyed all three novels and read them straight through. I read on , since these are hard to find either used or in the library.
This is one of those epic family dramas in which a very English family, so English in its attitudes that it almost lapses into caricature, shows how the sins of the fathers is visited upon the next generation. Lest this review becomes longer that the book, suffice it to say the Uncle Railton becomes involved with the secret world of espionage at the beginning of its establishment and manages to sacrifice everything on the altar of the past and English security. Needless to say it is a past that has treated the family very well but now is the time to pay the piper.
No spoilers but the story line is a bit too byzantine and the characters and plot seem a bit too contrived but Gardner does keep to roller coaster going. So much so that you be will tempted to read the sequel. The book will not disappoint but also will not inspire as other great English spy stories do because it does not ask the great questions only the small ones.
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