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by: Bill Napier
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780747269267
Format: Import
ISBN: 0747269262
Label: Headline
Manufacturer: Headline
Publication Date: 2003
Publisher: Headline
Studio: Headline
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Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - A Good Historical and Modern Thriller Novel
I have procrastinated in getting this latest Bill Napier's novel for nine months, and eventually took a gamble buying one. The same novel was also titled as Splintered Icon.
For fans of The Da Vinci code: do not expect something identical to Dan Brown's novel. This novel flips back and forth between current day and 200+ years ago. For the historical fiction part, I give this novel a five-star rating. It's like reading Wilbur Smith novels.
The icon is supposedly ... Read More
Rating:  - Lots of fun, but the plot makes no sense
Bill Napier, author of "Shattered Icon", seems to be trying to be Britain's answer to Dan Brown, author of the super-success "The Da Vinci Code".
There are many similarities between "Shattered Icon" and "The Da Vinci Code". The story is very fast-moving, the hero and heroine are well-educated people with specialized historical knowledge, and the plot is based on events that happened long ago. The history of the Catholic Church is involved, and there is even a mention of Opus Dei, the ... Read More
Rating: - An excellent read!
I discovered Bill Napier a few months ago when on a whim, I picked up Revelation at a local booksellers. I was amazed as it was just the kind of novel a person of science such as myself who loves adventure stories needed. Cryptonomicon was great but long, this was a nice shorter diversion though no less interesting.
Then I bought Shattered Icon. Wow. What a good novel! Exciting, witty, historical adventure set in present times as well as the age of Sail!
I thoroughly recommend ... Read More
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