- Hardcover: 416 pages
- Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (13 May 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0297643401
- ISBN-13: 978-0297643401
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 16.3 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 241,082 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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It is the first uncertain years of the Northern Ireland peace process. In Belfast, Dublin and London three simultaneous terrorist attacks shatter the hope that the bloodshed finally may be over. Although suspicion immediately falls on Catholic Republicans, it quickly becomes clear that the perpetrators are Protestant Loyalists, a new terror group called the Ulster Freedom Brigade. They have but one goal - to destroy the peace process. Michael Osbourne, the hero of Silva's second novel, The Mark of the Assassin, has quit the CIA, bitter and disillusioned. He is living quietly in New York, struggling with the responsibilities of fatherhood and the tedium of early retirement. But when the President chooses his father-in-law, former US Senator, to be the next American ambassador to Britain, Osbourne is drawn into battle with some of the most ruthless and violent men on earth. Osbourne is rehired by the CIA with the mission of preventing the Ulster Freedom Brigade from destroying the peace proccess. What Osbourne does not know is that the terrorists have hired the world's deadliest assassin; none other than Jean-Paul Delaroche, the title character in The Mark of the Assassin, to murder the ambassador. The Marching Season takes place in the backstreets of West Belfast, the rolling hills of Armagh and, as the locale for the assassination a country estate in Norfolk.
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Daniel Silva is ex-CNN TV executive, whose first book The Unlikely Spy was sold in 14 countries. He is married with twins.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book reads as though the author can see the Hollywood blockbuster following shortly behind. It's the tale of a renegade Northern Irish Loyalist terrorist group aiming to bring down the "Peace Process", and an American diplomat-cum-spy and his family who become embroiled in the conflict. A little of Patriot Games, a little of Harry's Game, a little of Day of the Jackal, mix it all together and you get The Marching Season. Worth reading if you like all of the above, but don't expect it to be a best seller.
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My wife brought me this book as an alternative read from my usual topics. It sat on the side for 2 months before I picked it up. How glad was I when I did...what a read, fantastic, it gripped me from the start and kept up the pace, right to the end. Fantastic, will try another book from this author.
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For a used book it was in good condition and value for money. As for the story itself, this is the second book I have read by this author and thought he stole the Irish problem to write something similar to the first I read.
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The Marching Season
The story is well written and is interesting. In a story, the set spies/politics/terrorists is always a guarantee of a good story nowadays. Read more
Published 14 months ago by emarques
Silva succeeds again
An excellent, fast paced novel that constantly maintains the reader's interest. As usual, Silva's historical research is impeccable but he brings an educated, impartial, American... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Stevie-Boy
it felt like i was there
as someone who remembers the trobles of 69 in ireland this was a real insight.a good read
Published 23 months ago by Arnsby Beverley
Sad
I am a big Daniel Silva fan.
But this book is rubbish and a waste of time and money, period.
But this book is rubbish and a waste of time and money, period.
Published on 14 Feb 2010 by AG Musgrove
"Memories are long in Ulster, and neither side has been willing to...
Against the backdrop of the Good Friday Accords of 1998, this 1999 thriller explores several groups which have reason to want the peace process to fail so that they can accomplish... Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2007 by Mary Whipple
The marching season
I really enjoyed this book. Its a great blend of fact and fiction.It blends the murky world of the Irish troubles with the even murkier world of the CIA. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2004
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