A Death in Vienna | Daniel Silva | Gabriel Allon is the man!!

A Death in Vienna | Daniel Silva | The History Was Worth the Read

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A Death in Vienna

	A Death in Vienna Daniel Silva Signet, 2005 - 400 pages average customer review:based on 85 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon is sent to Vienna to investigate a bombing and uncovers a portrait of evil stretching across sixty years and thousands of lives-and into his own personal nightmares.

Gabriel Allon is the man!!

I have gained a an ever increasing respect for Holocaust survivors. I do not believe anyone can ever really begin to imagine the horrors of this period in history. Gabriel Allon learned of this first hand upon reading a manuscript, written by his mother, who was a physical survivor. The monstor who stripped her of everything except her moral courage is alive and Gabriel must bring him to justice.

Another great read from Daniel Silva. 5 stars.

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The History Was Worth the Read

I enjoyed the book as a novel, well worth the read. I enjoyed it even more for the background that it provides about the Holocaust. The presentation of this research material (historical material worked into the fabric of the story) provided an insight into this horrible series of atrocities that I never was able to appreciate prior to this reading. I have found this to be typical of Silva's work. His research is worked into the narrative in a manner that makes the historical aspect of the novel fascinating reading.
I grew up in an era in which I should have been well advised of the horrors of this part of our collective history (I was in my early teens during WW II), and although as a kid I was fully on board with the hatred of Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito, I never was told of these atrocities on the part of the Nazis except in the most sanitized manner. Silva makes it personal.
I have noted in his other works that he is careful to present the Palestinian side as well as the Jewish side of the MidEast conflict, and that is informative as well. But, in the case of the Nazi effort to eliminate the Jews, there is no rational "other side of the discussion", I am convinced.

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Another Silva Mega-Hit

Daniel Silva's Michner like ability to weave fact and fiction truly amazes me. The research he puts into his efforts combined with the twists and turns in his plots and his character development are all woven together to make for one hell of a fine read. Now that the holacost trilogy is finished, I can't wait to see what his future offering(s) will bring.

Love Daniel Silva!!!

Daniel Silva is a wonderful author. His books are hard to put down once you start reading one. His characters are full and extremely human-showing the best and the worst of humanity. Many of his books have the same characters but he makes it very easy to understand how they all fit together-in the past and in the time of the book. His assassins are even somewhat likeable because he gives the background showing why they became assassins. His books would make terrific movies. He better write another one fast because I only have a couple of his older ones to read before I will need more.

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