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The English Assassin by: Daniel Silva  Your Price: $9.99 Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780451208187 ISBN: 0451208188 Label: Signet Manufacturer: Signet Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 416 Publication Date: February 25, 2003 Publisher: Signet Release Date: February 25, 2003 Studio: Signet Sales Rank: 22668 Related Items: Editorial Review: Product Description: A master writer of espionage" (Cincinnati Enquirer), Daniel Silva makes his Signet debut with his most acclaimed novel to date... Framed for the murder of a millionaire banker, Israeli spy by trade and art restorer by preference, Gabriel Allon, will have to fight for his life-against an assassin he himself helped train. Amazon.com Review: The English Assassin brings back Gabriel Allon, the appealingly melancholy art restorer with a double life as an Israeli secret agent, first introduced in 2000's The Kill Artist. Gabriel is sent to Zurich under a pseudonym to restore a Raphael belonging to a prominent Swiss banker and art collector, Augustus Rolfe, but upon arriving he finds Rolfe lying in a pool of blood. When Gabriel tries to leave Zurich, the Swiss police capture him immediately--and moreover, they know his real identity. He's released through some diplomatic string-pulling, but he soon discovers that Rolfe had requested a meeting with Israeli intelligence, for reasons unknown, just before his death. Rolfe's daughter, Anna, is a world-class violinist attempting to rebuild her career after an accident that nearly destroyed one of her hands. But her physical scars are nothing compared to those on her psyche, left by her mother's suicide when Anna was a teenager. Temperamental and mistrustful, she nevertheless believes Gabriel's story, and reveals that Rolfe owned a secret collection of priceless French Impressionist paintings, apparently stolen by his murderers. As Gabriel begins to put together the pieces of the puzzle, he faces two adversaries: a powerful group of men who would do anything to bury the past forever, and a hired killer who's planning a spectacular murder. Like The Kill Artist, The English Assassin balances fascinating characters, authentic-sounding historical detail, and plenty of glamorous international intrigue on the edge of a knife-keen plot. --Barrie Trinkle Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Ending was a Big Disappointment Good beginning and was somewhat interesting until the last 70 pages, then it went downhill and stayed there all the way thru the last page. If you like an ending where you can close the book and smile, then this is not the book for you. This was one of his earlier books written in 2002 and I guess he had not yet developed his ability to put it all together as he did in The Messenger written in 2006. It seemed like he was pressed for time and just decided to end it. Certainly not one of his best thrillers, ... Read More Rating:  - Allon's Alter EgoThis is one of my favorite Silva thrillers, primarily because of the subterfuge, chase, revelation, and respect between Silva's hero Gabriel Allon and the antagonist of this book, the English Assassin, who seems to serve as Allon's alter ego. The Englishman is a former British-government trained special ops soldier, now turned mercenary. The back-and-forth in scene and plot when Allon's and the Englishman's paths crisscross as they pursue their mutual targets reminded me of the chivalric rivalries between ... Read More Rating: - Allon's Alter EgoKF Zuzulo is the author of A Genie in the House of Saud: Zubis Rises This is one of my favorite Silva thrillers, primarily because of the subterfuge, chase, revelation, and respect between Silva's hero Gabriel Allon and the antagonist of this book, the English Assassin, who seems to serve as Allon's alter ego. The Englishman is a former British-government trained special ops soldier, now turned mercenary. The back-and-forth in scene and plot when Allon's and the Englishman's paths crisscross ... Read More Rating: - Another Worthy Silva ThrillerSilva's Gabriel Allon books are a surefire success, but not as good as some of his other books. Not because the Allon books are bad; but because the other books are usually a little better. In any case, this worthy thriller takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of Europe with Allon seeking to right the massive wrong of art thefts from Jews during WWII. In so doing, Silva takes a big swipe at the role of Switzerland in fencing the stolen by the Nazis. It's an interesting foray into a world that few people ... Read More Rating: - "Beware the Gnomes of Zurich...All Switzerland is a bank."How Swiss bankers and financiers (the Gnomes) financed the German war effort during World War II, prolonged the war, and profitted from the looting of Jewish accounts and art collections becomes the focus of Silva's fifth novel, the second to feature Gabriel Allon. Here Allon, an art restorer who has also worked as an assassin for Israeli Intelligence, is called to Zurich to restore a Raphael painting, only to discover the owner of the painting, Augustus Rolfe, dead upon his arrival. Further investigation ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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