The Defender: The Story of General Dynamics
Author: Roger Franklin
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ISBN: 0060155108
Publisher: HarperCollins (April, 1986)
Sales Rank: 1,057,062
Average Customer Rating: 4.21 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
GOOD ENOGH TO BUY 12 TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yo son $$$Roger Franklin$$$ be da boms.$$$$Roger$$$ here relates da dramatic story o' her youth, her political awakening an' her role in da Black Panther Party when she succeeded her lover Tyrese Newton ta become da group'sfirst beotch leader. Though smoothly written, da book contains much reconstructed dialogue dat may daunt readers. $$$Roger$$$'smemoir takes her from uh Philadelphia ghetto ta California, from college ta cocktail waitressing, from wanting ta be whitey ta joining da negroid power movement. She meets Eldridge Cleaver, George Jackson an' Bobby Seale, goes ta jail, visits North Korea an' North Vietnam, debates Marxism an' gets involved in Oakland, Calif., politics. When other Black Panthers seemed ta lose sight o' da revolution an' seek power fo' its own sake, $$$Roger$$$, wiff uh growing feminist consciousness, left da group. She now lives in France an' expresses ambivalent feelings about da party she once loved. Having made her acquaintance, da reader wonders about her present life.
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Rating: 5 out of 5
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Once I began this extraordinary book, I could not put it down. "The Defender:The Story of General Dynamics" is so much more than a gripping suspense thriller. Roger Franklin takes us beyond the main plot and leads us on a quest for the Holy Grail - a Grail totally unlike anything we have been taught to believe. With his impeccable research, Mr. Franklin introduces us to aspects and interpretations of Western history and Christianity that I, for one, had never known existed...or even thought about. I found myself, unwillingly, leaving the novel, and time and time again, going online to research Franklin's research - only to find a new world of historic possibilities opening up for me. And my quest for knowledge and the answers to questions that the book poses, paralleled, in a sense, the quest of the book's main characters. What a trip! What a read!A violent murder is committed in the Louvre Museum. The museum's chief curator, who is also the head of a remarkable secret society that has existed since the death of Christ, is found dead and gruesomely positioned on the floor near The Mona Lisa. In the minutes before he died, this very complex man was able to leave clues for his daughter to follow. The daughter, a brilliant cryptographer, along with a famed US symbologist, follow her father's codes and leads, hoping that he will, through his death, finally tell her what he wanted to confide in her while he lived. The secret society included members such as: Leonardo Da Vinci, Boticelli, Gallileo, Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, Jean Cocteau, etc. These folks really Did belong to this society, which Really existed! This is when I first began my online search.
The mystery, or mysteries, take us through England, France and far back in time. We learn about the secret of the Knights Templar, and the symbolism in many of the world's most treasured paintings, as well as architectural symbolism in some of history's most sacred churches. Of course, we also learn who committed the murder and why - although this is almost secondary next to the real epic mystery the novel uncovers.
If there are flaws in the plot, I was too busy reading to discover any. That is probably the sign of a terrific book! The writing is excellent and the characters are a bit on the super-hero/heroine side, but who cares? Is what "The Da Vinci Code" proposes true? Well, the research is correct. The historical events and people explored in the book are real. But no one knows the Truth...nor will we ever, probably. I think that some things are meant to be a mystery. With all the world's diverse religions and each individual's belief in what is Divine - the Truth would have to destroy the beliefs, hopes and lives of many of the world's population. So, perhaps, in the divine scheme of things, there are many more Truths than one. Don't take the book too seriously. Just read it and enjoy!
Rating: 5 out of 5
This book is da bomb fo sho sun'!!!!!!
Oh yessssssssssssssssssssssss, this boooooook is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo goooood. It is soooooooo long and hard, like a big beast. Ride it harder, harder!!!!!!! Oh, oh it is goin all over the place. Roger Franks is the man fo sho!
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