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  • The Confessor

  • By: Daniel Silva
  • Narrated by: John Lee
  • Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (3,368 ratings)

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The Confessor

By: Daniel Silva
Narrated by: John Lee
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Publisher's summary

Detective Gabriel Allon returns in this stunning thriller of ancient and modern betrayal, long-buried secrets and unthinkable deeds. In Munich, writer Benjamin Stern enters his flat to find a man leafing through his research. When Stern confronts him, the man shoots him, murmurs a few words in Latin, gathers the papers and leaves. In Venice, art restorer and Israeli agent Gabriel Allon reads a message saying that Stern is dead; can he leave immediately? At the Vatican, a priest named Pietro paces in the garden, pondering the discoveries he has made, the enemies he will make, and the journey he must undertake. Silva weaves these three threads into a multilayered mystery peopled with memorable characters and distinguished by rich prose.
©2003 Daniel Silva (P)2003 Books on Tape, Inc.
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Critic reviews

“A shrewd, timely thriller that opens the heart of the Vatican.” (Chicago Tribune)

“Daniel Silva has now indisputably joined the ranks of Graham Greene and John Le Carré.” (The Washingtonian)

"Silva...writes with the atmospheric grace and whiplash tension of le Carre." (Booklist, starred review)

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The Confessor (Unabridged)

A truly great book with John Lee doing a fantastic job of narrating. Well written with totally unexpected twists and turns and a story that spans from 1942 to the present that brings together cultures, religions, the inner workings of the Church in Rome, politics, intrigue and mystery. Don't miss this one.

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Silva's Consistant

Daniel Silva wraps action advenure, mystery and recent history into an entertaining listen. His Israeli Mossad characters expose the horror of the Holocaust using fictional modern day events. The narration is reserved and sets an excellent tone for the theme.

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Excellent story

Excellent story and equally excellent performance by the narrator! Daniel Silva has the best series, do yourself a favor and read all of them!

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El Papa confesses

How many have to die to make the Pope look infallible? A great storyline and narration makes Daniel Silvis answer a page turning experience.

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Dracula lives

I had a difficult time getting into the book. Not because of the story as much as the reader. I’ve never meet an Italian, in or out of the church, that spoke like Dracula. After awhile it just became comical than annoying.

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Excellent and historically accurate

Using historically accurate account of a tragic time in the history of Europe and the Catholic Church develops a wonderful mystery story. Narration is excellent, good character development, good twists and turns. Very detailed so it is a book that you need to listen to while not otherwise occupied.

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Classic Alon

Excellent plot, good performance. A satisfying tale among so many Silva offerings. I enjoyed it.

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A great explanation of Gabriel Elon’s relationship with the Catholic Church

I’ve listened to many of Silva’s novels in this series. Pretty much in random order. So it was great to finally understand this.

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goes on, and on, and on, and on...

goes on, and on, and on, and on...
stick with the latest books in series. skip this one for sure. I didnt do the research and thought this was a later offering.

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Action and intrigue in the Vatican

I can only recommend this to anyone who has a strong stomach to confront the excesses of the Catholic Church in the world. If even a third of this were true - and it likely is - it’s pretty appalling. Fast paced, well written, briefly intensely violent, with a “love” interest that could use a bit more relationship development, I enjoyed this enough to probably pick up another one sometime. But I hope it will be a different narrator. This guy was actually pretty good with character differentiation and with the character accents when called for, but his actual rendering of a phrase or place name in French or in Italian was often mispronounced. There’s no excuse for this. You can get someone to pronounce it for you on any number of websites. Just saying. (Tras-TEH-veh-reh!)

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