The Confessor
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A complex thriller of ancient and modern betrayal from the author of ‘The English Assassin’.
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Spine-Tingling Thriller! Daniel Silva’s Best To Date!,
Daniel Silva brings back his enigmatic hero, Gabriel Allon, in “The Confessor,” to investigate the mysterious murder of a dear friend, the unpopular aspirations of a newly elected Pope, a secret society in the Vatican, and long hidden secrets from World War II. Allon is a brilliant Israeli art restorer and a complex, melancholy man. He had worked for many years as an Israeli intelligence agent and assassin, (when necessary), losing his young son and wife to violence as a consequence of his work. Now he just wants to restore paintings and be left alone with his grief and his guilt.
Allon’s boyhood friend and associate, Benjamin Stern, is murdered in his Munich apartment while writing a secret expose on the Church’s involvement in the Holocaust. Ari Shamron, Gabriel’s old mentor, former head of Israeli intelligence, and the father of Ben Stern, finds Allon in Venice, restoring a Bellini altarpiece. He has little difficulty persuading Allon to accept this assignment to find Stern’s killer, even though it means leaving the Bellini, at least temporarily.
Although Allon runs into a stone wall with his investigation in Munich, he begins to discover clues to the secrets of his friend’s manuscript. Stern had been writing about material taken from top secret Vatican archives. He also discovered evidence which points to a deadly secret Vatican society, the Crux Vera.
Pope Paul VII, known by his Vatican detractors as “Pope Accidental,” has recently been elected to the Papal Throne. He has pledged to review the Church’s alleged complicity in the Nazi extermination of the Jews, and make available the Secret Vatican Archives regarding the Holocaust – archives that certain Vatican officials would do anything to keep suppressed. Allon’s life, and the Pope’s, are in terrible jeopardy.
Whatever your opinion on these controversial issues, Daniel Silva has written his best novel with this mesmerizing tale of Vatican politics, intrigue, murder and World War II history. Mr. Silva’s style is reminiscent, but not derivative, of Ken Follett, Frederick Forsyth and John LeCarre. He is definitely in their league and oh, so original, with his 21st century relevant storyline. I have waited for a long time for an author of this caliber to appear and keep me on the edge of my seat, reading through the night. I was unable to put this book down.
JANA
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|OUTSTANDING! Silva’s best to date!,
This book is outstanding. This book is Silva’s sixth, and the third in the “Gabriel Allon” series, although it does not deal directly with the Middle East/Palistinian conflict directly, but rather takes an interesting twist and delves into not one, but two, very controversial relationships: between the Catholic Church and the Third Reich, and between the Vatican and the Jews, in particular, the handling of the holocast by the Vatican. Weaving the story in with the manipulation and intrigue for which the Vatican is famous, above all else, makes for a breathtakingly exciting plot, and the usual fasciniating cast of solid and well-developed characters for which Silva is renowned. For readers of The Kill Artist and The English Assassin, it is Gabriel Allon at his best, and the familiar cast of other characters previously introduced, like Ari Shamron, do not dissapoint, although this novel is just as good a read if it is your first Daniel Silva. The reader is taken on a fascinating journey through enchanting parts Venice and Rome, as well as the Italian lake district, amongst other exotic locations. The plot itself is solid and well-researched. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It is one of very few books for which I have both awarded five stars, and have read more than once! My favourite Daniel Silva novel of them all.
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|OUTSTANDING! Silva’s best to date!,
This book is outstanding. Weaving the story in with the manipulation and intrigue for which the Vatican is famous, above all else, makes for a breathtakingly exciting plot, and the usual fasciniating cast of solid and well-developed characters for which Silva is renowned. For readers of The Kill Artist and The English Assassin, it is Gabriel Allon at his best, and the familiar cast of other characters previously introduced, like Ari Shamron, do not dissapoint, although this novel is just as good a read if it is your first Daniel Silva. The reader is taken on a fascinating journey through enchanting parts Venice and Rome, as well as the Italian lake district, amongst other exotic locations. The plot itself is solid and well-researched. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It is one of very few books for which I have both awarded five stars, and have read more than once! My favourite Daniel Silva novel of them all.
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