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Gabriel Allon: Book 6

The Messenger (2006) (edit title/settings)

by Daniel Silva (Author) (edit contributors)

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Allon is recovering from his grueling showdown with a Palestinian master terrorist, when terrorism comes to find him once again.

An al-Qaeda suspect is killed in London, and photographs are found on his computer-photographs that lead Israeli intelligence to suspect that al-Qaeda is... read more

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Gabriel Allon, art restorer and spy, has been widely acclaimed as one of the most fascinating characters in the genre and now he is about to face the greatest challenge of his life.

Allon is recovering from a grueling showdown with a Palestinian master terrorist, when a figure from his... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Gabriel Allon, art restorer and spy, has been widely acclaimed as one of the most fascinating characters in the genre and now he is about to face the greatest challenge of his life.

Allon is recovering from a grueling showdown with a Palestinian master terrorist, when a figure from his past arrives in Jerusalem. Monsignor Luigi Donati is the private secretary to His Holiness Pope Paul VII, and a man as ruthless as he is intelligent. Now, however, he has come to seek Allon's help. A young Swiss guard has been found dead in St. Peter's Basilica, and although Donati has allowed the official inquiry to determine that it is suicide, his instinct tells him that it is murder-and that his master is in grave danger. He has trusted Allon in the past, and he is the only man he trusts now.

Allon reluctantly agrees to get involved, but once he begins to investigate he concludes that Donati has every right to be concerned, as, following the trail from the heart of the Vatican to the valleys of Switzerland and beyond, he slowly unravels a conspiracy of lies and deception. An extraordinary enemy walks among them, with but one goal: the most spectacular assassination ever attempted.

Characters edit see section history

  • Gabriel Allon: Office agent, assassin and master art restorer
  • Sarah Bancroft: Office's recent recruit with a Ph.D from Harvard in art
  • Abdul Aziz al-Bakari: AKA Zizi and president,chairman of AAB Holdings, banker to the worlds criminals.
  • Adrian Carter: Deputy director for operations of the CIA
  • Eli Lavon: Retired Office agent, Archeologist, and surveillance artist
  • Julian Isherwood: Gallery owner in London and a volunteer Jewish helper for the Office
  • Luigi Donati: Private secretary to Pope Paul VII
  • Jean-Michel: The French boxer, Zizi's personal trainer and auxiliary bodyguard
  • Alain al-Nasser: Lebanese venture capitalist working for Zizi
  • Vincent Van Gogh: Impressionist painter.
  • Ahmed bin Shafiq: Saudi posing as an official of the International Islamic Relief Organization. In reality, chief of a clandestine GID, General Intelligence Department.
  • Chiara: Office Agent and Gabriel Allon's love interest
  • Ari Shamron: Former head of the Office, now special adviser to the Israeli prime minister on all matters dealing with security and intelligence
  • Wazir bin Talal: The omnipresent chief of AAB security
  • Gilah Shamron: Ari Shamron's wife
  • Yossi: Office Agent, part of Group bin Shafiq
  • Prince Nabil: The Saudi interior minister
  • Dina Sarid: Office Agent, part of Group bin Shafiq
  • Rimona: Office Agent, part of Group bin Shafiq
  • Yaakov: Office Agent, part of Group bin Shafiq
  • Mikhail: A gunman on loan to the Office from the Sayeret Matkal. Part of Gabriel's team.
  • Muhammad: Professional interrogator for Group 205
  • Ali Massoudi: Graduate professor of global governance and social theory at the University of Bremen
  • Andrew Malone: Exclusive art adviser to Zizi al-Bakari
  • Uzi Navot: In the lexicon of the Office, he was a katsa, an undercover field operative and case officer
  • Amos Sharret: New director-general of the Office
  • Marguerite Gachet: Dr. Paul Gachet' daughter and posing for Vincent Van Gogh
  • Oliver Dimbleby: Isherwood's tubby nemesis from King Street
  • Monique: Jean-Michel's wife
  • Pope Paul VII: Bishop of Rome, Pontifex Maximus
  • Hannah Weinberg: Owner of the "Marguerite Gachet at Her Dressing Table"
  • Ibrahim el-Banna: Professor of Islamic jurisprudence at Al-Azhar University in Cairo
  • Herr Manfred Wehrli: The Swiss banker who handles Zizi's money
  • Leah Allon: Gabriel Allon's wife
  • Lance Corporal Erich Müller: The Swiss Guard
  • Luca Angelli: Ex-carabiniere assigned to help Gabriel Allon
  • Sophie al-Nasser: Alain al-Nasser's wife
  • Karl Brunner: Colonel, the Swiss Guard commandant
  • Nadia al-Bakari: Zizi's daughter
  • Shepard Cantwell: Deputy director of the CIA
  • Gustav Schmidt: Chief of counter-terrorism for the Swiss federal security service
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Organizations edit see section history

  • GID: General Intelligence Department of Saudi Arabia

First Sentence edit see section history

It was Ali Massoudi who unwittingly roused Gabriel Allon from his brief and restless retirement: Massoudi, the great Europhile intellectual and freethinker, who, in a moment of blind panic, forgot that the English drive on the left side of the road.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Part One: The Door of Death
1. London
2. Jerusalem
3. Jerusalem
4. Vatican City
5. Vatican City
6. Vatican City
7. Rome
8. Venice
9. Jerusalem

Part Two: Dr. Gachet's Daughter
10. Ein Kerem, Jerusalem
11. London
12. Tel Megiddo, Israel
13. London
14. The Marais, Paris
15. The Marais, Paris
16. McLean, Virginia
17. Georgetown
18. London
19. London
20. London
21. London

Part Three: The Night Journey
22. Harbor Island, Bahamas
23. Off the Bahamas
24. Gustavia, Saint-Barthelemy
25. Gustavia, Saint-Barthelemy
26. Pointe Mangin, Saint-Barthelemy
27. Gustavia Harbor, Saint-Barthelemy
28. CIA Headquarters
29. Off Saint Maarten
30. Saint Maarten
31. Kloten, Switzerland
32. Zurich
33. Zug, Switzerland
34. Canton Uri, Switzerland
35. Canton Uri, Switzerland
36. Zug, Switzerland
37. Vatican City
38. Rome

Part For: The Witness
39. Washington
40. Tiberias, Israel
41. Paris: August
42. Istanbul: August

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 6 of 12 in Gabriel Allon. (standard series)

Preceded by Prince of Fire, and followed by The Secret Servant.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Daniel Silva (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 9780399153358
Page Count: 338

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  • A Death in Vienna
  • Prince of Fire

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