We spent many happy hours together in his study. As a child I had often played at his home, and as an adult - he was nearly 20 years my senior - we became very close. My earliest memory of this larger-than-life character is him arriving at our house in the Fifties behind the wheel of his pink Cadillac convertible. Not only was I his nephew, I later became his personal physician. To me, though, Robert was family, the husband of my mother's sister. There were beachfront homes, private jets and globetrotting adventures. With it came the lifestyle and acquisitions of an international playboy. He sold more than half a billion novels around the world and earned millions of pounds to match. Those books have been turned into astonishingly successful films starring Matt Damon as CIA assassin Jason Bourne. Robert Ludlum is one of the bestselling authors of all time, with works including The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. You will know my uncle as a writer of compelling thrillers. The Ludlum Conspiracy: Was the master storyteller and creator of the blockbuster Bourne movies murdered by his gold-digging wife?
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |