'A complex scenario of inventive double-crossing.' - Chicago Sun-Times Book Details as shrill as the siren on the prowl car.' -Kirkus Reviews by Robert Ludlum First published in 1920 18 editions in 4 languages 6 previewable Borrow Listen. The number of his books in print is estimated between 290-500 million copies. pure, adrenaline-raising escapism.' - King Features Syndicate 'A roaring ride on a roller coaster of suspense.' - The Pittsburgh Press 'Powerhouse momentum. Robert Ludlum was an American author of 25 thriller novels. 'Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined.' - The New York Times Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Chancellor Manuscript All roads lead to a showdown that will rip the nation's capital apart-leaving only one damning document to survive. Now Chancellor and Inver Brass are on a deadly collision course, spiraling across the globe in an ever-widening arc of violence and terror. Then bestselling thriller writer Peter Chancellor stumbles onto information that makes his previous books look like harmless fairy tales. Edgar Hoover die a natural death? Or was he murdered? When a group of high-minded and high-placed intellectuals known as Inver Brass detect a monstrous threat to the country in Hoover's unethical use of his scandal-ridden private files, they decide to do away with him-quietly, efficiently, with no hint of impropriety.

The property, which Paramount paid 4 million for in 2005, is looking at Peter O'Brien to adapt. Ludlum is the author behind the popular Bourne series, and many of his political thrillers have been adapted to the screen.

' exerts a riveting appeal, as it seems to justify our worst nightmares of what really goes on in the so-called intelligence community in Washington.'- The New York Times Book Review Did J. Director Marc Forster, most recently of Quantum of Solace, is now directing Robert Ludlum's The Chancellor Manuscript.

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