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The Fourth Protocol

By: Frederick Forsyth
Narrated by: David Rintoul
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Plan Aurora, hatched in a remote dacha in the forest outside Moscow and initiated with relentless brilliance and skill, is a plan within a plan that, in its spine-chilling ingenuity, breaches the ultra-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a jigsaw of devastation. MI5 investigator John Preston, working against the most urgent of deadlines, leads an operation to prevent the act of murderous destruction aimed at tumbling Britain into revolution...

©1984 Frederick Forsyth (P)2014 Audible Inc. Espionage Genre Fiction Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense War & Military Fiction Military Soviet Union Exciting Scary Russia War

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Great Story, well narrated, different from the film but not in a bad way. Well worth a download

Great Story, well narrated.

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I loved this title. I knew and enjoyed the film, and thought I'd give it a try. I was not disappointed - David Rintoul's delivery is spot on, engages you and really brings the story to life. His range of accents is impressive and adds realism. Given that Forsyth is a byword for authenticity and accuracy the delivery by Rintoul is a perfect match. Listen & Enjoy!

Excellent!! Listen & Enjoy!

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30 years after this book was written many elements of the story are still current especially the idea of Russia meddling in elections and using a WMD in a western country.

A well written story enhanced by a great narrator, I'm certain David Rintoul could read the telephone directory and make it listenable.

This is certainly a title I'll listen to again sometime.

The World doesn't change much

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An excellent and compelling, multi-layered yarn from the master of spy thrillers, well-narrated and with a satisfyingly complete pulling-together of loose threads in the final pages. My only quibble with Mr Forsyth is that his attention to factual detail can sometimes be a little over the top: my reading experience would have been equally rewarding for example without gaining as I did an encyclopaedic knowledge of the geography and road names of Chesterfield. But this is a mere quibble and overall I would recommend this book highly to those who enjoy Mr Forsyth's genre.

The consummate spymaster

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Very enjoyable story but at times the author’s attention to detail is a bit over the top.

But in fairness much like his classic - Day of the Jackal

Old fashioned spy thriller

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