The Scarlatti Inheritance
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The Scarlatti Inheritance is the first of 29 thriller novels published by American author Robert Ludlum.
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In Washington during World War II, word is received that an elite member of the Nazi High Command is willing to defect and divulge information that will shorten the war. But his defection entails the release of the ultra-top-secret file on the Scarlatti Inheritance—a file whose contents will destroy many of the Western world's greatest and most illustrious reputations if they are made known.
