The Book Depository The Order by Daniel Silva
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Description: The Order : Paperback : Harper : 9780062835086 : 0062835084 : 25 May 2021 : Gabriel Allon has slipped quietly into Venice for a much needed holiday with his wife and two young children. But when Pope Paul VII dies suddenly, Gabriel is summoned to Rome by the Holy Father's loyal private secretary, Archbishop Luigi Donati. A billion Catholic faithful have been told that the pope died of a heart attack. Donati, however, has two good reasons to suspect his master was murdered. The Swiss Guard who was standing watch outside the papal apartments the night of the pope's death is missing. So, too, is the letter the Holy Father was writing during the final hours of his life. A letter that was addressed to Gabriel. The Book Depository The Order by Daniel Silva - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9780062835086
MPN: 0062835084
GTIN: 9780062835086
Author: Gerald M.
Rating: 5
Review: The Order is well up to the the standard which Daniel Silva is capable of! An intriguing thriller involving the Catholic Church and and a very interesting Overview of the way Popes are elected. I will not spoil the ending but you'll want to keep turning the page until you get there, and may even want to read the story again!
Author: Paris
Rating: 3
Review: I have read almost all of the Gabriel Allon series and initially very much enjoyed them. However, having read this, I think his retirement might be nigh; the series never has been rooted in too much reality, but taking on the Vatican and the world wide Catholic Church is a move too far? As another reviewer commented, there is rather much of arcane religious detail, history and practice, certainly too much for me. I am also unsure that a topic as important as the enmity, at whatever level, between the Jewish and Christian faiths should be in a book that is essentially a thriller? I prefer my crime to be somewhat more secular. I did read other reviews before starting this, so I can’t say I wasn’t warned; my previous enjoyment of this series won out over the religiousity and perhaps it should not have done. I read Daniel Silva’s afterword and found it far more interesting than much of the fictional detail in the book and I really appreciate his liberal stance about the risks of right wing populism so perhaps I should be less critical, but I enjoyed this book less than its predecessors.