'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. An Unlikely Spy Rebecca Starford 3.37 2,255 ratings335 reviews A beguiling tale of espionage. The Unlikely Spy, by Daniel Silva, is the story of a British professor who is enlisted into the British Intelligence Service via his friendship with Winston. It doesn’t always quite land, but it says something about Marvel, about these characters, and about this filmmaker that this third film in a series that fits into a franchise of 32 total features. If Catherine escapes to Germany, the Nazis will know the Allied invasion will be at Normandy and if Vicary doesn't stop her, all of Britain's greatest wartime deceptions and ploys will have been for naught.īut why does it seem as if Vicary's superiors want him to fail?įor lovers of Jack Higgins, Frederick Forsyth, and Len Deighton, The Unlikely Spy is a masterpiece of war and deception, a wholly original and spellbinding tale of the Allies' finest hour. Based on fact, Silva's fast-paced novel moves effortlessly from the Berlin High Command's espionage centers to the U-boat-infested North Sea, from the privileged playgrounds of Long Island to Hyde Park's shadowy paths - a grand canvas of intrigue that sweeps the reader along in a breathtaking race against time. But Vicary is also a confidant of Winston Churchill's, who has chosen this reclusive don to run England's critical counterintelligence operations.Īgainst this backdrop comes Daniel Silva's The Unlikely Spy, a sophisticated and altogether exceptional World War II thriller. The strength of this books are their characters are believable, story lines are complex, and most of all, writing is good. It suffices to say that after this one, I went and read/listened to all of this books in one shot.

Her nemesis is Alfred Vicary, a fumbling professor of history barely able to remember where he placed his threadbare tweed jacket, let alone sustain a relationship. The Unlikely Spy I read/listened to this book as a 'test' of Daniel Silva. The problem is that Catherine Blake is also a deep-cover Nazi spy, charged by Hitler with uncovering the details of D-Day. Ever since she lost her RAF pilot husband in the Battle of Britain, this beautiful aristocrat has kept a stiff upper lip while caring for victims of the blitz in London's hospitals.

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