Cathedral, Nelson DeMille
Cathedral, Nelson DeMille
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Cathedral

Author: Nelson DeMille

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 19 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/03/2009

Synopsis

An Irish-American police officer and a British intelligence officer face off against a dangerous terrorist who's holding people hostage in Saint Patrick's Cathedral.St. Patrick's Day, New York City. Everyone is celebrating, but everyone is in for the shock of his life. Born into the heat and hatred of the Northern Ireland conflict, IRA man Brian Flynn has masterminded a brilliant terrorist act the seizure of Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Among his hostages: the woman Brian Flynn once loved, a former terrorist turned peace activist. Among his enemies: an Irish-American police lieutenant fighting against a traitor inside his own ranks and a shadowy British intelligence officer pursuing his own cynical, bloody plan. The cops face a booby-trapped, perfectly laid out killing zone inside the church. The hostages face death. Flynn faces his own demons, in an electrifying duel of nerves, honor, and betrayal.

About Nelson DeMille

Born in New York City, author Nelson Richard DeMille moved with his parents out to Long Island, where his journey to becoming an accomplished author all began. He graduated from Elmont Memorial High School, and attended three years at Hofstra University. In 1966-69 he was a commissioned officer........Lieutenant in the United States Army. He was an infantry platoon leader in Vietnam, being decorated with the Air Medal, Bronze Star, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.

After his tour in Vietnam, he returned to Hofstra University where he earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science and History. His first major novel, By the Rivers of Babylon, was published in 1978, and is still in print today. After that first novel, he has had numerous others. A few of them are Cathedral, The Talbot Odyssey, Word of Honor, and many others. DeMille has received several literary awards, with being selected as Thriller Master of the Year in 2015. He holds three Honorary Doctorates from Hofstra University, Long Island University, and Dowling College.

DeMille has three children, and he and his wife reside in Garden City, New York.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Kimberly on 2007-10-11 18:36:46

not my favorite of his books. the book was much more violent then I thought it was going to be, and i didn't enjoy that.

Goodreads review by Kemper on September 22, 2014

In the early ‘80s a group of Irish terrorists seize St. Patrick’s Cathedral and take hostages during New York’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. It’s hard to believe that this never got adapted into a movie starring Bruce Willis. Maybe it’s because this isn’t the story of a single action hero trapped with a......more

Goodreads review by Bodosika on March 10, 2021

A book about Ireland and a group of IRA who took to hostage taking on a St.Patrick day to negotiate the release of their various relations languishing in various jails in Ireland and Britain. Though there was no dull moment with this book but however I found some areas not too realistic.......more

Goodreads review by Razvan on November 24, 2024

It seems like DeMille (one of my favorite writers) has not any novel under five, or even six, hundred pages. Some of them are totally worth, some not. In my vision "Cathedral" looks like a sandwich: take away the first one hundred pages, somehow dull and boring, with unnecessary pieces of history, a......more

Goodreads review by Benjamin on May 10, 2018

In the early 1980’s during the annual St Patrick’s Day parade, a group or IRA terrorists take over Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan and proceed to demand that a list of jailed IRA members be released before several bombs are detonated at dawn the next day. There are four hostages including hig......more

Goodreads review by Alexw on September 13, 2021

A taut, pulse pounding thriller that had both sides itching to fire the first volley. Throw in a historic church, a love story and enough double crossing to keep you guessing to the end in the first rate novel.......more

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