The Fourth Estate

The Fourth Estate by Jeffrey Archer

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This book was one of those books that started at the end of the story, and then went back to the very beginning, and worked its way toward the end again. It kind of made me sad and reflective of society when it was all finished. The story was very believable, as I remember similar headlines in the paper when I was growing up.

The Fourth Estate

The Fourth Estate
by Jeffrey Archer

I continued listening to the tapes on the way home from a family trip. My husband even listened with me as we traveled through the cold war and the building of two newpaper empires. The part that intrigued me and that also gave me chills was the KGB using a well known business man as a messenger and informant.

I got all the way to side two of tape three.

The Fourth Estate

The Fourth Estate
by Jeffrey Archer

I started listening to this audio book on the way home from the Tri-Cities. It was hard for me to focus on the beginning, but it got interesting as it reverted to the childhoods of the two main characters in the story and continued through to their adulthood stories. I feel like the plot is thickening, and I'm only on the second side of the first tape.

The story takes place in Europe during and after World War 1. One central theme that is emerging is newspapers and the press. Another theme that I am sensing has to do with Judaism. I'm not sure if that is going anywhere, or if it is a residual from the Holocaust time period.

I can't say that I'm enjoying the book yet, but I am going to keep going. I am mildly intrigued.