A Matter Of Honor
... Army Romanov - age 9 - enrolled for the party’s Pioneer Organization - age 11- offered a special place in a special school at Smolensk - age 14 - was selected as one of the parties elite, made a member of the Komsomol - age 16 - won the Lenin language and the junior gymnastics prize. It was believe the grand duke had went on a secret visit to his sister Alexandra, the Czarina. Historians now believe about he had intended a cease-fire between Germany and Russia, with hopes that Germany would then concentrate war efforts on the British and the French. 8. The icon travels to Czars palace is Russia, to the Grand Duke of Hesse in Germany. It is the retrieved by Hermann Goering when collecting the remains of the Dukes crashed air plane. He then switches it with a fake, and the fake makes it’s way back to the Czars palace, and the real is given to Gerald Scott by Goering himself on his death row in jail. When Gerald died his will had the secret icon left to Adam Scott, his son. Chapter 5 9. Romanov was planning on putting large amounts of money in 16 Swiss banks, and allowing the bank to control the money with cooperation in return. Poskonov stated that although it could work, a lot of people have 1 million dollar deposits so it isn’t that much of a big deal to a bank and they might turn him down. Poskonov suggested that Romanov would get more cooperation if Romanov suggested their bank was used for criminal activity, allowing Romanov to check the vaults, secretly looking for the icon. 700 million dollars is going to America because Russia is attempting to retrieve the icon and buy a state back from the US for that amount of money. Chapter 6 10. Adam and Romanov’s character is easily recognised early in the novel by two ways, their looks and the way they act towards the female characters in their life. Adam looks like a soft gentle creature with his dark deep-set eyes and brown hair. His looks make him sound like a quiet friendly guy you’d want to get to know. Romanov, on the other hand, looks stern and evil. His chiselled features, grey-blue eyes and long blonde hair make his face look hansom yet looks like he’s keeping a secret from the world of his true ugly self beneath. He also looks as rough as he actually is with his thick built, athletic, rock-hard body. When the guys are in the presence of a girl their true colours are exposed eve more so. Adam is a rue friend and has been with Lawrence since they were quite young, and when he is faced with a beautiful girl willing to give herself to him when she is clearly with his good friend Lawrence, he turned her down in respect for his friend. When he finally meets a girl her cares o get to know and spend his time with he takes it slow and impresses her with his friendliness and his ability to joke around and make her feel as if she could give him a chance. When Heidi was brutally murdered by Romanov he fought to get that icon even more for her and kept in mind what that monster did to such a wonderful girl, this shows that Adam has a golden heart and really cares for people. Romanov on the other hand thinks to himself how great he is and how much the girls want him, and he uses it to his advantage. He is evil and knows exactly how to get what he wants. He knew Anna Petrova loved him dearly and he took advantage of her. He used her to do his work, and slept with her knowing she had a family and a husband at home. Finally when he was finished with her and he got what he wanted he killed her without mercy. This showed Romanov to be a selfish man only caring about himself. 11. The good news Romanov received in this chapter was that his wealthy grandfather had left, in the bank, a large sum of money and a few mystery safety deposit boxes, that Romanov was now the legal owner of. Chapter 7 12. Adam had the icon appraised to ensure the value of the painting was worth all the trouble he was going through to posses it. Chapter 8 13. When Romanov is handed a contract to sign about his fortune in the bank, he didn’t read the clauses, he just signed it. He thought that “they hadn’t stolen his grandfather’s heritage already, why should they be bothering to try now?” This foreshadowed the fact that the contract was a fake and he signed his fortune away. Another event that is foreshadowed is Romanov’s death when he thinks to himself, “a false move and the state would not hesitate to send him to the same grave as his father and grandfather. 14. Romanov was left a large sum of money by his grandfather, the inner conflict he faces is that wether he should take this money out of the bank into his own possession or leave it there. He is also scared that someone will find the murdered body of Anna Petrova he had disposed of in a safety deposit box in the very same bank as his possessions. Chapter 9 15. Romanov suggested that Anna had defected, explaining why she had disappeared without a word. Zaborski finds this quite odd because her husband and family lives in Moscow, all of which were employed by the state. Zaborski suspected Romanov had committed murder because Anna knew something Romanov didn’t want anyone else to know about. When Romanov asked Poskonov why he had sent him to Zurich first, and Poskonov replied that there were five reasons why he had sent him there first, the same number of safety deposit boxes discovered to belong to Romanov in that same bank containing a substantial amount of money. Poskonov could be working under cover for Zaborski or even Melanic who had let it be known that Petrova had mysteriously disappeared leading him to think Romanov murdered her. Thus the statement “You won’t find me as easy to get rid of as Anna Petrova.” Chapter 10 16. When Romanov was shown an icon the bank had believe to have been the very one he was looking for, he was told it was deposited by Emmanuel Rosenbaum. 17. Romanov thought that the bag that Heidi had been carrying contained the icon he was looking for, so he captured her threw her into a taxi and got him to speed away. Heidi had tried to fight Romanov off and the taxi driver was driving “too slow” so Romanov murdered them both. Amongst all the confusion Adam found himself responsible for the murders, and he had no clue as to this evil person was or why he had murdered his girlfriend and the driver to let the police know he was innocent. Chapter 11 18. Romanov is aware of Adams whereabouts because he had been listening in on Adam’s phone call with Lawrence who had instructed him to go to the consulate. Romanov followed Lawrence’s instructions intended for Adam and went to the consulate to wait for Adam when he arrived. 19. Robin Beresford, while not a major character in this novel, helps develop the major characters Adam and Romanov. He brings out the dependant needy side of Adam, he usually keeps his cool and knows exactly what to do, but when Heidi is murdered he turns to her for help. She lets him stay in her hotel and helps him plan for future events in the novel. She brings out the nervous scared side of Romanov, when she stands up to him, he is caught off-guard because no one ever stand up to him, and she speaks the rules of politicians and scares him because he knows he is in the wrong and is able to be punished for doing so. This strong-willed un-beautiful woman also helps develop the plot, she brings a slight amount of amusement to the story by making this evil Romanov scared of her, and gives Adam a free ride on her tour bus where some minor conflicts take place and towards the end of the novel when Adam runs to her once more for help. Chapter 12 & 13 20. No is speaking. It means that Adam is going to die. 21. The Britain Foreign Office had sent a plane to pick up Adam at the abandoned airfield, however the meeting was ambushed by Romanov and his team leaving many people dead by gunfire and the plane that Adam managed to escape on was shot down. The older member of British intelligence became “Mentor” the double agent by blackmail. He was picked up by a KGB officer, who had known Mentor to be a homosexual, and was offered the option t...