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The Tower | 
 enlarge | Author: Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Publisher: Pan Books
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 56597
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0330438271
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780330438278
ASIN: 0330438271
Publication Date: May 4, 2007
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 Not one of his best October 22, 2008
chuckles (Netherlands)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Manfredi here does the same as in the Oracle and moves away from historical fiction to a modern story with routes in history.
This unfortuantely is one of his weakest novels, and to be honest I am not sure the translation is up to the normal standards. However saying that this is not a bad novel, but not up to his normal high standards.
Some good ideas hamstrung by huge plot holes April 22, 2008
Jonres (UK)
Well, I enjoyed this book enough to read it again, but I found it equally as frustrating the second time around.
There are some great ideas here - the other version of the bible, the ancient race, the creature in the tower. But all the time you are stumbling over unlikely character behaviour and gaping plot holes.
And the ending.... well the book spends ages building up to it, and rather than a climactic and dramatic scene we are left with 2 pages of confusing and unlikely action that ends up with... well, nothing, to be honest. No answers, no resolutions, and a hastily tacked on "What Happened Afterwards" section.
Such a shame - it could have been great.
 A paradox - much promise, badly delivered March 15, 2008
Mark Loughridge (Letterkenny, Ireland)
I think the reason The Tower draws such ire from many readers is because it promises much - not just the blurb on the back, but throughout. It could have been so much better.
There is something gripping about it - even though it kept underperforming I found it hard to put down. That's still something of an accomplishment. I think its because the plot itself holds promise and you keep reading in the hope that the story might get better. But since it doesnt ever deliver, is hard to follow, and ends with a "quick I've got to finish writing before teatime" ending that doesn't remotely satisfy - it gets one star
Dont waste money or time on this one, unless looking for a good plot that needs to be better written
 An Archaeological Thriller February 13, 2008
J. Chippindale (England)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Few authors can be better equipped to write about the history of ancient Greece and Rome than Valerio Massimo Manfredi. Professor of archaeology at the university of Milan, he has carried out many excavations and expeditions in the Mediterranean region. He has produced many factual books on historical matters, mainly military and has still found the time to write several novels. This book is a real thriller.
2 thousand years ago a mysterious force hidden in an isolated tower in the Sahara desert, massacred a squad of Roman soldiers. There was only one survivor from the horrific attack, an Etruscan diviner Avile Vipanas. He later described the terrible being in the tower, and suggested ways in which the creature could be destroyed.
Just what is the malevolent being that slumbers in the remote tower? Who are the fierce desert dwelling Blemmyae seen by the ancient travellers. Do they exist or are they just figments of people's imaginations.
In an attempt to find the isolated tower and sole the mystery that has come down through 20 centuries, three men begin a journey into te hear of the Sahara. An archaeologist, a colonel from the Foreign legion and a priest. Why do these men from such different backgrounds feel the need to solve a mystery that has lived on for 2,000 years?
FASCINATING STORY January 17, 2008
Sarah (UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really cannot understand the idiotic,puerile,criticism of this book.If you like adventure,a fast paced story, romance,and ancient mystery,you will love this book.
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