Synopses & Reviews
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, a beautiful widow of a war hero, a hospital volunteer-and a Nazi spy under direct orders from Hitler to uncover the Allied plans for D-Day...
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Breathtaking. (People)
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Breathtaking. (People) Briskly suspenseful. (New York Times) Evocative...memorable...a classic World War II espionage tale. (Washington Post)
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Breathtaking. (People) Briskly suspenseful. (New York Times) Evocative...memorable...a classic World War II espionage tale. (Washington Post)
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"Evocative...memorable...a classic World War II espionage tale." -
Washington Post
"Silva keeps the suspense keen." - Los Angeles Times
"A roller-coaster World War II adventure that conjures up memories of the best of Ken Follett and Frederick Frosyth." - Orlando Sentinel
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...
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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, The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, A Death in Vienna, Prince of Fire, The Messenger, The Secret Servant, Moscow Rules and The Defector. He is married to NBC News Today correspondent Jamie Gangel. They have two children, Lily and Nicholas. In 2009 Silva was appointed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Council.