The English Spy (Gabriel Allon, #15)

Posted on 18 February 2018 by Daniel Silva

First there was The English Assassin Then there was The English Girl Now comes The English SpyMaster novelist Daniel Silva has thrilled readers with seventeen thoughtful and gripping spy novels featuring a diverse cast of compelling characters, and ingenious plots that have taken them around the globe and back from the United States to Europe, Russia to the Middle East His brilliant hero, Gabriel Allon art restorer, assassin, spy has joined the pantheon of great fictional secret agents, including George Smiley, Jack Ryan, Jason Bourne and Simon Templar.Following the success of his smash hit The Heist, Daniel Silva returns with another powerhouse of a novel one that showcases his outstanding skill and brilliant imagination, and which is sure to be a must read for both his multitudes of fans and growing legions of converts.PRAISE FOR THE ENGLISH GIRL Smart, unpredictable, and packed with bits of history, art, heart, and imagination, this is a page turner to be savored When it comes to the vast club of practitioners of international spycraft, Silva is a cut above them all, and The English Girl is a masterwork.COM Allon is a great political operative, but Silva is an even greater writer That is what makes The English Girl a must read HUFFINGTON POST Although Gabriel s adventures are set in the real world of greedy politicians and grabs for control of a diminishing supply of natural resources, Israel s avenging angel has the superhuman abilities that make for a satisfying fantasy COLUMBUS DISPATCH Free Download eBook The English Spy (Gabriel Allon, #15) By Daniel Silva – kino-fada.fr Israeli spy art restorer Gabriel Allon is about to become the father of twins and the head of the Israeli spy agency when a British princess and her entourage are blown up The perpetrator is Quinn, the expert bomb maker Gabriel deems ultimately responsible for the death of his first wife and child So Gabriel goes back into the field with the goal of finding and killing Quinn Gabriel teams up with Keller, an AWOL British soldier and skilled assassin soon to be an agent of MI6 and they re o Israeli spy art restorer Gabriel Allon is about to become the father of twins and the head of the Israeli spy agency when a British princess and her entourage are blown up The perpetrator is Quinn, the expert bomb maker Gabriel deems ultimately responsible for the death of his first wife and child So Gabriel goes back into the field with the goal of finding and killing Quinn Gabriel teams up with Keller, an AWOL British soldier and skilled assassin soon t...First impression Damn, the man sure knows how to write a dynamite first chapter Last impression Another outstanding book featuring my all time favorite character, Israel s not so secret agent Gabriel Allon the 15th in the series, I believe but it falls a wee bit short of 5 stars for the record, I d give it 4.5 if I could.That said, Daniel Silva may be the only writer on the planet who can make me want to read stories involving Hezbollah, al Qaeda or the IRA This book takes off where the First impression Damn, the man sure knows how to write a dynamite first chapter Last impression Another outstanding book featuring my all time favorite character, Israel s not so secret agent Gabriel Allon the 15th in the series, I believe but it falls a wee bit short of 5 stars for the record, I d give it 4.5 if I could.That said, Daniel Silva may be the only writer on the planet who can make me want to read stories involving Hezbollah, al Qaeda or the IRA This book takes off where the previous one ended, with Gabriel planning to take over as chief of The Office a role that presumably with put the brakes on in the field action He s also preparing for fatherhood once again his younger, beautiful wife Chiara is close to delivering twins Gabriel s young son from his first marriage was killed in a terrorist explosion.But as one might expect in the world of espionage, nothing is a sure thing An English princess loosely based on the late Princess Dia...In his latest book, The English Spy, Daniel Silva combines a spellbinding narrative together with historical content, this global and thrilling adventure, makes the 15th novel in his Gabriel Allon Series another incredibly suspenseful and intriguing story.From the riveting opening of chapter 1 Stretched topless upon the foredeck, drink in hand, her flawless skin baking in the sun, was the most famous woman in the world And one deck below, preparing an appetizer of tuna tartare, cucumber, a In h...Well I have read somealmost 100 pages in total and I guess I ve come to a decision about this book and series I won t be finishing either I can t escape the bad taste left by the opening premise and I think I m tired of the need for revenge and the use of constant killing as payback even if those killed are very bad people So, while the quality of the writing may be just as good as in past novels, it is the subject matter I am parting with, just as I did earlier in the case of the boo Well I have read somealmost 100 pages in total and I guess I ve come to a decision about this book and series I won t ...It is with great sadness that I write this review as it means that once again I have finished my new Daniel Silva book and will need to wait an entire year to read another Gabriel Allon adventure.The English Spy is 15th book in the Gabriel Allon series Each book gets better than the last Gabriel is suppose to be starting, just starting, a new painting restoration and then heading to Israel to be with Chiara for the birth of their twins But as always duty calls Graham, head of M16, with t It is with great sadness that I write this review as it means that once again I have finished my new Daniel Silva book and will need to wait an entire year to read another Gabriel Allon adventure.The English Spy is 15th book in the Gabriel Allon series Each book gets better than the last Gabriel is suppose to be starting, just starting, a new painting restoration and then heading to Israel to be with Chiara for the birth of their twins But as always duty calls Graham, head of M16, with the permission of Mossad enlists Gabriel for onemission before the birth of his children and becoming head of Mossad The birth of his children he is looking forward to. being chief o...A perfect book to listen to while doing laundry and other boring chores.Silva never disappoints, but this is one of his finest as he revisits the England Northern Ireland Troubles in current day He also has fairly blunt commentary on US UK Iran Israeli Russian geopolitics.3.5 stars for this one Can t seem to give itbecause there were too many dead end twists and turns and too much history back story I got really tired of all the explanations given to Allon, that he should have already knownafter all, he is the Master Assassin Sleuth Should he not know of all the major dealings with Israeli national security This seems to be a typical thing with Silvalot...Israeli spymaster Gabriel Allon is about to become a father again, with his wife Chiara carrying twins And he is slated to succeed Uzi Navrot as head of The Office, retiring as a field agent However, he is drawn into a hunt for a master Irish bombmaker Eamon Quinn , who is responsible for a contract killing of the former royal princess basically Princess Diana , and many, many others He recruits his brother in arms, Christopher Keller, and are led back to Ireland for the final showdown af Israeli spymaster Gabriel Allon is about to become a father again, with his wife Chiara carrying twins And he is slated to succeed Uzi Navrot as head of The Office, retiring as a field agent However, he is drawn into a hunt for a master Irish bombmaker Eamon Quinn , who is responsible for a contract killing of the former royal princess basically Princess Diana , and many, many others He recruits his brot... Seymour watched as the car turned onto the M2 motorway and headed north That s the wonderful thing about our business, he thought Our mistakes always come back to haunt us And eventually all debts come due. With a Gabriel Allon spy thriller there is no shortage of armchair frequent flyer points The English Spy opens in the Caribbean, where former Real IRA operative Eamon Quinn puts a bomb under a former British royal, literally But who hired the killer In Rome, spymaster Graham Seymou Seymour watched as the car turned onto the M2 motorway and headed north That s the wonderful thing about our business, he thought Our mistakes always come back to haunt us And eventually all debts come due. With a Gabriel Allon spy thriller there is no shortage of armchair frequent flyer points The English Spy opens in the Caribbean, where former Real IRA operative Eamon Quinn puts a bomb under a former British royal, literally But who hired the killer In Rome, spymaster Graham Seymour brings Gabriel Allon of Israeli intelligence s The Office into the game Years earlier the Israelis had offered to take Quinn out of the picture, and Seymour is keen to make amends while ...

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18 February 2018

Daniel Silva