The English Assassin
by:
Daniel Silva (author)
ISBN:
9780553529029 (0553529021)
Publish date: March 2002
Publisher: Random House (a)
Edition language: English
Series: Gabriel Allon (#2)
Silva went to another level with this Gabriel Allon novel from his previous works. Great plot, great characters, great writing, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this gem....and, the intrigue will continue with the next novel as this one sort of leaves a few things hanging. This one just clicked with me.
I did not like this one as much as the first and third in the series. The structure seemed to be a little loose, and some of the plot had too much of a Dan Brown/Illuminati feel to it. However, I liked the parallels between art restoration and atonement, as well as personal healing as restoration.
I don't enjoy reading about violence and murder, and there is a lot in this book. I read this for a book club, and the point was to try genres we wouldn't normally read. Even though it's not really my cup of tea, I still enjoyed the story and characters. If it wasn't for all the violence, it would p...
I think at first this book started a little slow for me. I like that the author didn't spend a lot of time going over the hero's past or what happened in the a previous book. In so many series the author recaps the past too much! But this book picked up pretty quickly. I love all the history in t...
In this second installment of the Gabriel Allon series we find our sensitive and scarred spy taking on the Swiss bankers who helped the Nazis during WWII and are still hiding old Jewish money and treasure under the boardwalks of Zurich. Allon's involvement begins when he accepts a commission to rest...
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