The Unlikely Spy, Daniel Silva
The Unlikely Spy, Daniel Silva
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The Unlikely Spy

Author: Daniel Silva

Narrator: Michael Page

Unabridged: 18 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/20/2009

Synopsis

#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva’s celebrated debut novel, The Unlikely Spy, is “A ROLLER-COASTER WORLD WAR II ADVENTURE that conjures up memories of the best of Ken Follett and Frederick Forsyth” (The Orlando Sentinel).“In wartime,” Winston Churchill wrote, “truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” For Britain’s counterintelligence operations, this meant finding the unlikeliest agent imaginable—a history professor named Alfred Vicary, handpicked by Churchill himself to expose a highly dangerous, but unknown, traitor. The Nazis, however, have also chosen an unlikely agent. Catherine Blake is the beautiful widow of a war hero, a hospital volunteer—and a Nazi spy under direct orders from Hitler: uncover the Allied plans for D-Day...

About Daniel Silva

Michigan born author, Daniel Silva has had a most interesting career before he made the decision to follow his dream of becoming a novelist. He left his pursuit of a master's degree in International Relations when he was offered a temporary position with United Press International in 1984 to help cover the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. He joined UPI later that year as a full time correspondent. His job eventually took him to the Middle East, where he met his future wife, Jamie Gangel who was working as an NBC Today Show Iraq - Iran War Correspondent. They were married in late 1987. Silva returned to Washington, DC, where he accepted a position with CNN.

In 1995, Silva began his writing career in earnest with the instant best seller, The Unlikely Spy. All of his books have been on the New York Times best seller list, and have been published worldwide. His most successful series was about Israeli art restorer, spy, and assassin Gabriel Allon.

Currently, Silva lives with his wife, Jamie, and their children Nicholas and Lily. It is said that Silva frequently takes his children on research trips for his books.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lewis on January 02, 2023

UPDATE Jan 2022 ... I read it again and it's just as good ... this time I was reading it for background on spies and spy techniques, as part of my research for my novel-in-progress dealing with US/China relations in the Nixon years ... still true: Trust no one. Believe no one. Nothing is as it seems......more

Goodreads review by Scott on January 11, 2018

Not all spy fiction is the same. I separate spy fiction in to two camps. One is the more familiar “male fantasy” action-adventure story in which the hero is ridiculously uncomplicated, possesses almost supernatural strength and agility, and has access to the most state-of-the-art surveillance techno......more

Goodreads review by Kristjan on November 06, 2011

I must admit that I really wanted to like this book. Despite its faults, I was going to give it four stars, but the ending of it left me quite unfulfilled. Here are some of the biggest problems I have with it: 1) Implausibility. (a) A van drives through a blacked-out village in a rainstorm at night.......more

Goodreads review by ManOfLaBook.com on May 25, 2010

Disclaimer: I'm a sucker for WWII and / or spy books Before I start - this is not a "Gabriel Allon" book as mentioned on Amazon's book title. "The Unlikely Spy" is a fast paced page turner, set mostly in days preceding the Normandy invasion in WWII. The story's unlikely hero is a university professo......more

Goodreads review by ChopinFC on May 16, 2018

The Unlikely Spyis a sensational spy thriller, that had my head spinning until the very end! The Unlikely Spy is an unlikely hit, for a mostly unknown author 'Daniel Silva' back in 1994. Surprisingly, the work represents Silva's first published book, and it was a massive success with critical accl......more

Quotes

“Evocative…memorable…a classic World War II espionage tale.”—The Washington Post“Briskly suspenseful.”—The New York Times“Layers of depth and intrigue…Silva succeeds with panache.”—USA Today

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