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    <body><![CDATA[Tudo começa, quando em Munique, o professor Benjamin Stern, amigo de Allon, é assassinado, depois de ter começado uma investigação sobre a actuação da Igreja Católica durante o Holocausto. Assim, Allon volta ser chamado para resolver o caso. <br/>Ao mesmo tempo, em Roma, o Papa Paulo VII, d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49027790">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a great read! Gabriel Allon is a spy for the country of Israel. He also is an art restorer and is one of the best. In this novel, he is assigned to unravel the murder of a friend who was a former Israeli spy. The trail leads to the Vatican. This book could have been written by Dan Brown of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59608298">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sometimes you should check the cover of the books you get out of the library. Ths one has a sticker that says: &quot;As good as DAN BROWN or your money back.&quot;<br/><br/>Indeed, it's quite like Dan Brown, complete with ludicrous overwriting, the pointing out of the incredibly obvious, etc.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41466199">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good escape from reality. Plenty of action, but I agree with some others that the characters are not very developed. &quot;Moscow Rules&quot; was the first book I read by Silva, and I think I prefered it to this one. However, I'll be reading more of this series soon... ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Very Good; Continuing character: Gabriel Allon; when a friend is killed in Germany, Allon begins an investigation and finds that everything seems tied to Roman Catholic actions against Jews during WWII, and finds an ally in the Pope.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sorry, Tony, I know you love these thrillers and thought maybe I would like it since it takes place in many of the places we have been recently but this is just not my genre. Too far-fetched and too many assasinations.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A real page turner - intrigue, marder, conspiracy - within the Catholic Church. <br/>Involves the treatment of the Jews in WW2, both by the Germans and the Church. <br/>Devasting secrets are about to be revealed.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Started slow but there was a lot of ground to cover to set the story up. But as the story starts to come together it is extremely engrossing. I'll reserve comment on whether or not it is based in truth but, as a story, it's quite fascinating. I'll definitely look for more of Silva's Gabriel Allon bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70582748">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my most favorite book of this series!  Loved it!  Set in the Vatican, friends with the Pope and his closest confidant, Gabriel is stellar in this story!]]></body>
    
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