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by Thomas Gifford (Author)
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  • Paperback: 688 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Books (Aug 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553762362
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553762365
  • Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 15.7 x 4.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,507,046 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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For fans of The Da Vinci Code: A conspiracy thriller about an age-old brotherhood of killers. Once hired by princes of the Church to protect it in dangerous times, whose orders do they obey now? In the Vatican, the pope is dying as priestly vultures gather around, whispering the names of possible successors. In a forgotten monastery on Ireland's gale-swept coast, a dangerous document is hidden, waiting to be claimed. And in a family chapel in Princeton, New Jersey, a nun is murdered at her prayers. Sister Valentine was an outspoken activist, a thorn in the Church's side. When her brother, lawyer Ben Driskill, realizes that the Church will never investigate her death, he sets out to find the murderer himself -- and uncovers a dangerous, explosive secret. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


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For fans of The Da Vinci Code: A conspiracy thriller about an age-old brotherhood of killers. Once hired by princes of the Church to protect it in dangerous times, whose orders do they obey now? --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars assassin reader, 2 Sep 2004
This review is from: The Assassin (Paperback)
Although the initial pace is a bit slow and you are tempted to skip over some of the historical background, don't! The Assassini has a lot packed into a small(ish) book. This book is very much a matter of taste, plot twists and developments which one reader may like will very much can be to the dislke of others. The plot is long and winding, but it catches you and forces you to deny yourself those badly needed hours of sleep. Having been written in the dying days of the Cold War in 1984 the book has dated a little, bu not enough to spoil it.
Over all, well worth the effort. This is the first Thomas Gifford book I have read, I will read his others.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Superbly plotted but based on an absurd historical pretense, 1 Mar 1998
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The mosaic of the plot is skillfully put in place. Gifford's style is very refined and certainly entertaining. However, the book is full of historical hogwash. The excesses of the Borgias have as much to do with today's Vatican policy as Henry the VIII's divorce by decaputation has to do with the family life of the contemporary English royalty. Moreover, making any references to Paris as a center of any actual resistance to the Nazis is an insault to any even semi-informed reader. After nearly a decade of research, Mr. Gifford should know that only serious casualties suffered by the Germans in Paris were those inflicted by French prostitutes. C.K. Tchorznicki
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3.0 out of 5 stars Okay read, 15 Oct 2005
By Rory Morty "Rory Morty" (Giessen, Germany) - See all my reviews
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This was a nice read. The story is interesting, and is a nice patchwork of several different but related stories, set in the present and in the past. Essentially, a very sick pope lies dying in the Vatican, and the prime contenders for the throne of St Peter are lining up, organising their support base, and employing each and every ruthless antic in an effort to secure their success at the coming conclave. This struggle, set in the present, is nicely worked in with the complicated relationships between the major players that have their roots in the past. The story nicely highlights some of the major problems, in terms of public image, that the Catholic church and the Vatican face today. I am Catholic; but intrigue, cover-ups, and skeletons in the closet are what is destroying any role for the Catholic church, and by extension, the Vatican, in the modern world. Indeed, the novel sadly paints what is probably a fairly accurate picture of the curial cardinals today. This novel takes the reader to several wonderful places, however, I am not certain that the author actually ever visitied Ireland, since his portrayal of that country is a little "off". This novel is long. Too long in my opinion, and I feel it could have been pruned down a little, making it more concise and gripping. I prefer novels that are hard to put down. In this case, I was tired out several times by the novel, and quite relieved to put it down and turn off the light. I have a major marketing issue with the novel. I think that it was very bad form for the publishers to mention The Da Vinci Code on the spine of this novel. It was a cheap shot at trying to push up sales by misleading the public, and I am less than happy with Mr Gifford for permitting this to happen. While I enjoyed the story a lot, something intangiable was clearly missing, and I would rather direct prospective readers to Daniel Silva's excellent "The Confessor", or one of Dan Brown's novels. Those ones which have only one title printed on the spine....... From me: two-and-a-half stars.
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