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The Confessor
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See moreSilva's "New York Times" bestseller--called "a shrewd, timely thriller that opens the heart of the Vatican" by the "Chicago Tribune"--follows Mossad agent Gabriel Allon to the Vatican as the new Pope vows to uncover the truth about the church's response to the Holocaust.
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Dark secrets are revealed in Vatican City in this Gabriel Allon thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva.
In Munich, a Jewish scholar is assassinated. In Venice, Mossad agent and art restorer Gabriel Allon receives the news, puts down his brushes, and leaves immediately. And at the Vatican, the new pope vows to uncover the truth about the church’s response to the Holocaust—while a powerful cardinal plots his next move.
Now, as Allon follows a trail of secrets and unthinkable deeds, the lives of millions are changed forever—and the life of one man becomes expendable...
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780451211484
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 February 2004
Country: United States
Imprint: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 108.0mm
Height: 191.0mm
Weight: 255g
Pages: 480
About the Author
Daniel Silva is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Marching Season, and the Gabriel Allon series, including The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, A Death in Vienna, Prince of Fire, The Messenger, The Secret Servant, Moscow Rules, The Defector, The Rembrandt Affair, Portrait of a Spy, The Fallen Angel, The English Girl, The Heist, The English Spy, The Black Widow, and House of Spies. His books are published in more than thirty countries and are bestsellers around the world.
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