Jeffrey Archer: A Matter of Honour / A Matter of Honor

Jeffrey Archer: A Matter of Honour (UK 2022)

From the Publisher:
The opening of a letter leads to a desperate chase across Europe in A Matter of Honour by Jeffrey Archer, one of the world's bestselling novelists.
Adam Scott listens to the reading of his father's will, aware that the contents can only be meagre. The Colonel, after all, had nothing to leave -- except a letter he had never opened himself, a letter that can only bring further disgrace to the family name.

Against his mother's advice, Adam opens the letter, and immediately realizes his life can never be the same again. The contents leave him with no choice but to follow a course his father would have described as a matter of honour.

Jeffrey Archer: A Matter of Honour. Pan, ISBN: 9781529059991 (December, 2022), 368 p., £9.99.

Jeffrey Archer: A Matter of Honour (UK 2012)

Jeffrey Archer: A Matter of Honour. Pan, ISBN: 9781447221821 (August, 2012), 368 p., £7.99.

Jeffrey Archer: A Matter of Honor (USA 2004)

From the Publisher:
It seems innocent enough. A disgraced British colonel bequeaths a mysterious letter to his only son. But the moment Adam Scott opens the yellowing envelope, he sets into motion a deadly chain of events that threatens to shake the very foundations of the free world.

Within days, Adam's lover is brutally murdered and he's running for his life through the great cities of Europe, pursued not only by the KGB, but by the CIA and his own countrymen as well. Their common intent is to kill him before the truth comes out. While powerful men in smoke-filled rooms plot ever more ingenious means of destroying him, Adam finds himself betrayed and abandoned even by those he holds most dear.

When at last he comes to understand what he is in possession of, he's even more determined to protect it, for it's more than a matter of life and death-it's a matter of honor.

Jeffrey Archer: A Matter of Honor. St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 0312933541 (December, 2004), 368 p., $7.99.

Jeffrey Archer: A Matter of Honour (UK 1993)

Jeffrey Archer: A Matter of Honour. He should never have opened the envelope. HarperCollins, ISBN: 0006478646 (July, 1993), 429 p., £4.99.

Jeffrey Archer: A Matter of Honor (USA 1987)

From the Publisher:
As Adam Scott opens the yellowed envelope bequeathed to him in his father's will, an incredible drama begins. The terrible secret that shadowed his father's military career unfolds a time bomb of intrigue, passion and greed, reaching back to the Nazi plunder of Europe... into the mysterious heart of Tsarist Russia. In the deepest vault of a Swiss bank, Scott discovers a priceless icon, the key to a shocking document that could forever change the balance of power between America and the Soviet Union. Few men know of its existence. All will kill for it.

When his lover is suddenly kidnapped, Scott is forced to flee across Europe, fighting desperately for his life against the KGB, The CIA, and even his own countrymen. A MATTER OF HONOR is a novel of spine-tingling danger and unrelenting suspense, a masterful story that ends in a chilling, shocking climax... Jeffrey Archer once again at the top of his form.

Jeffrey Archer: A Matter of Honor. Pocket Books, ISBN: 067164159X (July, 1987), 464 p., $4.95.

Jeffrey Archer: A Matter of Honour (UK 1987)

From the Publisher:
When Adam Scott opens the letter left to him in his father's will, he realises life can never be the same again. This letter brought dishonour to the family name and forced his father out of the regiment in disgrace. Now it leads Adam to a priceless Russian icon left hidden in a Swiss bank vault since World War II, and to a revelation so explosive that it could change the balance of power between America and the Soviet Union...

Jeffrey Archer: A Matter of Honour. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 0340401486 (January, 1987), 439 p., £3.50.

Jeffrey Archer: A Matter of Honor (USA 1986)

From the Publisher:
'And to my dearly beloved and only son, Captain Adam Scott, I bequeath... the enclosed envelope, which I can only hope will bring him greater happiness than it did me. Should he decide to open the envelope, it must be on the condition that he will never divulge its contents to any other living person.'

As Adam listens to the final bequest of his father's will, he knows he will at last learn the unspoken secret that shadowed the peaceful retirement of Colonel Scott and turned him from a World War II hero into a disgraced and broken man.

But inside the yellowed envelope Adam finds a far more important secret.

The path Adam has to follow leads him first to the innermost vault of a Swiss bank where his real inheritance lies -- a priceless work of Russian art, a 14th-century icon, smuggled out of Russia by the last Czar and subsequently passed into the hands of a Nazi war criminal by a bizarre twist of fate. In following the path to clear his father's name, Adam has stumbled upon a revelation so explosive that it could forever change the balance of power between America and the Soviet Union.

Not since John Buchan's The Thirty-nine Steps has an author so deftly pitted an innocent man against the overwhelming force of a malign enemy. First to be menaced is the woman Adam loves, awakening him at a terrible cost to the danger that surrounds him. In his flight back across Europe, he learns that in a game of such high stakes, no one is particular about how to get his hands on the icon. Even his own countrymen cannot be relied upon. As the knife of tension is twisted progressively deeper, Adam can survive only by his wits. And then he makes the mistake of trusting his closest friend.

Jeffrey Archer has proven himself time and again to be the most versatile of modern writers. In Kane & Abel, he told of a bitter fight between rivals over money and pride. In his number-one bestseller, First Among Equals, he created a struggle between three men for fame and power. In A Matter of Honor, he has rendered a battle between the innocent man and the trained killer that will leave you breathless. Here is a novel of unrelenting suspense, complete with the turns of plot and the double and triple twists that have become Archer trademarks. This is Archer at the top of his form.

Jeffrey Archer: A Matter of Honor. Linden Press / Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 0671624342 (July, 1986), 399 p., $18.95.

Jeffrey Archer: A Matter of Honour (UK 1986)

From the Publisher:
A Matter of Honour shows world bestselling author, Jeffrey Archer, writing at the very height of his compelling powers. Not since John Buchan's THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS has a novel of pursuit and suspense unravelled with such breathtaking pace.

Adam Scott listens to the reading of his father's will, aware that the financial benefit can only be pitiful. The colonel, after all, had nothing to leave -- except a letter he had never opened himself, a letter, Adam fears, which can only bring further dishonour to the family name.

Should Adam open the letter and discover what had caused his father to leave the regiment in disgrace and force him to resign his commission? His mother begs him not to, but the moment he does so he realises his life can never be the same again. The contents leave him no choice but to follow a course that his father would have described as "A MATTER OF HONOUR"

Colonel Scott's bequest leads Adam first to a Russian icon of Saint George and the Dragon that had once belonged to the last Tsar, before being left to Colonel Scott himself. Now the Russians want it back, having discovered its secret which could change the balance of world power.

Thus begins a story that no reader will be able to put down until the final page. Jeffrey Archer, author of KANE AND ABEL and FIRST AMONG EQUALS, has achieved his greatest triumph to date.

Jeffrey Archer: A Matter of Honour. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 0340393653 (July, 1986), 350 p., £9.95.