The Aquitaine Progression

The Aquitaine Progression
The Aquitaine Progression first edition cover.
Author Robert Ludlum
Country United States
Language English
Genre Thriller, Novel
Publisher Random House
Publication date
 February 12, 1984
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 647 pp (first edition)
ISBN 0-394-53674-6
OCLC 9943106
813/.54 19
LC Class PS3562.U26 A87 1984

The Aquitaine Progression is a novel by Robert Ludlum originally published in 1984.

Plot summary

Joel Converse is a lawyer, having previously been a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War. Because of his wartime experiences with Command Saigon, in the form of a psychopathic general named "Mad" Marcus Delavane, he is chosen to thwart a cabal of former generals bent on world domination.

The Generals

  • Erich Leifhelm, a former Field Marshal from Nazi Germany, who ingratiated himself with the West after the defeat of Hitler.
  • Chaim Abrams, a tough-as-nails sabra, a hero to Israeli independence.
  • Jacques-Louis Bertholdier, a hero of the French Resistance who revels in his past as an assistant to De Gaulle.
  • Jan van Headmer, a South African general known as the "slayer of Soweto."
  • George Marcus Delavane, a bloodthirsty U.S. general from the Vietnam war.

Publication history

  • 1984, US, Random House ISBN 0-394-53674-6, Pub date February 12, 1984, Hardback
  • 1985, US, Bantam Books ISBN 0-553-24900-2, Pub date February 1, 1985, Paperback
  • 1984, UK, Grafton ISBN 0-246-11418-5 Pub date March 1984, Hardback
  • 1999, UK, HarperCollins ISBN 0-586-05277-1, Pub date January 4, 1999, Paperback


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