The Eleventh Commandment
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This article refers to the novel by Jeffrey Archer. The political quote is as follows:
- Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican - was established during Ronald Reagan's 1966 campaign for governor of California. State Republican Chairman Gaylord Parkinson proposed it to help prevent a repeat of the liberal Republican assault on Barry Goldwater that laid the foundation for Goldwater's trouncing in the 1964 presidential election.
The Eleventh Commandment is a novel by Jeffrey Archer, first published in 1998. The title refers to the commandment Thou Shalt Not Get Caught.
[edit] Plot
The chief of the CIA, Helen Dexter, decides, on her own, to order the murder of political figures of other nations on the basis of their views on the USA. The book starts with the murder of a candidate for the Bolivian presidency. During this time, Helen finds out that she would be fired if she is found out to be ordering assinations on sveral nations. To cover up her work she plans to have her chief assassin, Connor Fitzgerald, eliminated. The CIA rejects connor's resignation and asks him to go on a final mission to assissante a candidate for the Russian presidency. While attending a speech, Connor is arrested and placed in a Russian jail to be executed. A friend of his arrives in time and tries to rescue him by making a bargain with the Russian mafia. In exchange for Fitzgerald to be replaced with his friend, Fitzegerald will have to assassinate the Russian president. Fitzegerald fails in the attempt and "dies". Later on he returns home with the name of a professor and he has lost his arm.
