by Daniel Silva
Another outstanding entry in the Gabriel Allon series by Silva. The history of the Catholic church and its position during the Holocaust made for a fascinating read interwoven with Silva's characters. Great ending too.....
Reading the Gabriel Allon backlist in reverse order, I note that the author, Daniel Silva, improved as he progressed. For clearly this early (#3 in publication sequence) Allon is a developmental piece where Silva is still working on the style that would later enliven such work as [b:The Fallen Angel...
Very good. But made me sad to realize the correlation between the Vatican's complacency (at the least!) during WWII & the Holocaust & today's Roman Catholics disillusionment with the Church. Their continuing denials & silence regarding the culpability & errors made during times of world crises, ha...
This is the third in the Gabriel Allum series. In this one, he learns that he is to go to Munich because a Jewish historian, has been murdered. Again we have a thriller with Gabriel, now partnered with another beautiful woman, another Israeli spy, and the two of them are not only supposed to find ou...
Gabriel Allon exhibits the psychology of George Smiley and the reluctant action of Jason Bourne. This book held a special interest to me because I had been to several of the cities where it took place. I think Daniel Silva may rank up near the top with John le Carre, but I'll have to read more of h...
This was the first Silva book I ever ran across, and got me reading all the others. This is actually one of the better ones.
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