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In a spellbinding new masterpiece by #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva, Gabriel Allon undertakes a high-stakes search for the greatest art forger who ever lived

Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon has at long last severed ties with Israeli intelligence and settled quietly in Venice, the only place where he has ever truly known peace. His beautiful wife, Chiara, has taken over the day-to-day management of the Tiepolo Restoration Company, and their two young children are discreetly enrolled in a neighborhood scuola elementare. For his part, Gabriel spends his days wandering the streets and canals of the watery city, bidding farewell to the demons of his tragic, violent past.

But when the eccentric London art dealer Julian Isherwood asks Gabriel to investigate the circumstances surrounding the rediscovery and lucrative sale of a centuries-old painting, he is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse where nothing is as it seems.

Gabriel soon discovers that the work in question, a portrait of an unidentified woman attributed to Sir Anthony van Dyck, is almost certainly a fiendishly clever fake. To find the mysterious figure who painted it—and uncover a multibillion-dollar fraud at the pinnacle of the art world—Gabriel conceives one of the most elaborate deceptions of his career. If it is to succeed, he must become the very mirror image of the man he seeks: the greatest art forger the world has ever known.

Stylish, sophisticated, and ingeniously plotted, Portrait of an Unknown Woman is a wildly entertaining journey through the dark side of the art world—a place where unscrupulous dealers routinely deceive their customers and deep-pocketed investors treat great paintings as though they were just another asset class to be bought and sold at a profit. From its elegant opening to the shocking twists of its climax, the novel is a tour de force of storytelling and one of the finest pieces of heist fiction ever written. And it is still more proof that, when it comes to international intrigue and suspense, Daniel Silva has no equal.

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"Reading the latest Gabriel Allon is like visiting an old friend. Another tour de force by the master." — Bob Woodward

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Daniel Silva is the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Marching Season, The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, A Death in Vienna, Prince of Fire, The Messenger, The Secret Servant, Moscow Rules, The Defector, The Rembrandt Affair, Portrait of a Spy, The Fallen Angel, The English Girl, The Heist, The English Spy, The Black Widow, House of Spies, The Other Woman, The New Girl, The Order, and The Collector. He is best known for his long-running thriller series starring spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon. Silva’s books are critically acclaimed bestsellers around the world and have been translated into more than thirty languages. He lives with his wife, television journalist Jamie Gangel, and their twins, Lily and Nicholas.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper; First Edition (July 19, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062834851
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062834850
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.44 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.37 x 9 inches

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Daniel Silva is the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Marching Season, The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, A Death in Vienna, Prince of Fire, The Messenger, The Secret Servant, Moscow Rules, The Defector, The Rembrandt Affair, Portrait of a Spy, The Fallen Angel, The English Girl, The Heist, and The English Spy. His books are published in more than thirty countries and are bestsellers around the world. He serves on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and lives in Florida with his wife, CNN special correspondent Jamie Gangel, and their two children, Lily and Nicholas.

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Gregory Penn

Great book!

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2024

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I truly enjoy Daniel’s style of writing. The detail in the places and characters is vivid, he provides sophistication with an air of danger and excitement, while also intensifying the book’s energy as time progresses. I look forward to making my way through the next one.

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Tons of wit and charm coupled with murder and mayhem in the world of fine art

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2022

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Readers seeking an entertainment with tons of wit, charm, international globe-trotting, and European flavor need look no further than Daniel Silva’s newest novel, “Portrait of an Unknown Woman.”

Master spy Gabriel Allon has retired from The Office and moved to Venice with his wife Chiara, intending to spend time with family and resume his career as one of the world’s finest restorers of works of fine art. But then his longtime friend, art dealer Julian Isherwood, discovers that a $6.5 million painting he sold may just be a fake. Asking for Allon's help, he sends the former Israeli agent of many identities from Venice to Paris, to Bordeaux, to London, to New York (to name just a few) in pursuit of those threatening to completely undermine the credibility and trustworthiness of the world of fine art in pursuit of vast riches; and who engage in murder, mayhem, and the occasional bombing to accomplish their objectives.

It's a solidly written work featuring a wry sense of humor as well as deep dives into art history, art forgery, and the science of detecting what’s genuine and what’s not. It also takes readers on a first-class journey to some of the world’s finest museums, hotels, and restaurants; and features foods and wines to make the mouth water and references to music and architecture that nourish the soul.

A truly enjoyable mystery and thriller that should educate as well as amuse.

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James Baker

One of the best Silva novels yet.

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2024

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Art lovers will really go head over heels for this book. The rest of us will just appreciate the clever plot, the attention to detail and,of course, the international flavor of the settings. A truly wonderful read. And then there’s the goat!

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2024

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Read all of Daniel Silva’s books. Enjoyed very much

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Allon is retired, but not done

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2023

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Gabriel Allon is now devoting himself to art and his family in Venice. But a new challenge arrives and, of course, he cannot refuse to participate. This time, it's all about stolen art and Daniel Silva provides us with his usual quality narrative. The bonus is that the reader will come away with a decent understanding of how to create a forged work of art. Allon forges several pieces and uses them to track down an international gang that also forges art and sometimes sells or uses it for other purposes. While this book is a pleasure to read, the reader should be prepared to take time to understand a particularly puzzling plot.

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A Fable of Forgery and Fabulists

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2022

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This latest novel by Silva spans the globe from Europe to the Mediterranean and to New York. The protagonist, Gabriel Allon, has retired as chief of Mossad and is living in Venice with his wife and children. His wife is the director of the painting department of The Tiepolo Restoration Co. In addition to being one of the world's top spies, Allon is well schooled in art and painting. His wife hopes he will join her company as an art restorer.

A London Old Master's art dealer, receives a letter from a French woman who claims a painting about to be sold, is a forgery because she owns the original Van Dyck. Before the dealer can have a tete a tete with the woman, she is murdered. The plot thickens as Allon investigates the murder and becomes embroiled in an effort to identify fake from real Old Masters and the high stakes Ponzi scheme involved in art forgery. This is one of the most cerebral of Silva's novels with the assumption that the reader is acquainted with the many artist names "dropped" by the author and the unique styles and characteristics of their works.

Throughout the novel, Allon relies upon former Mossad colleagues to share sophisticated spy technology with him. This seemed an unlikely plot event. Another point, which bears on the research underlining the book, is that Allon's wife, Chiara Zolli, would have to be the granddaughter not the daughter of the chief rabbi of Rome not Venice, whose name was Israel not Jacob as the author relates in his author's notes . If a reader is new to Silva's works, it would be tough for them to figure out how Allon knows these ancillary characters like the Corsican assassin Christopher Keller, his wife Sarah Bancroft, ex CIA operative, and Julian Isherwood, the London art dealer. Devoted readers know their pasts, but not a new reader. If may be time for Silva to take a new tack with his cast of characters.

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Good But Not His Best

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2024

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Entertaining but not gripping. A little formulaic, no surprise given the volume of Allon stories. I did like the characters.

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tzahal

Not a great story

Reviewed in Brazil on March 27, 2023

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Far from the other Gabriel Alon stories. Less intriguing , less interesting . Not bad, but kind of frustrating. Waiting for the next .

Linda Pfeiffer

Our favourite spy, Gabriel Allon, returns to restoring artwork

Reviewed in Canada on August 28, 2022

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I truly enjoyed this new book about Gabriel Allon's continuing journey. For all intents and purposes, Allon, is trying to retire from intelligence work with the Israelis and take up his old job of restoring fine art. He has moved to Venice once again and his wife Chiara has opened a business of restoring and repairing artwork in the heart of the city. Gabriel is to be her most valuable art restorer once he takes a breather and tries to get used to life without his job with the Moussad. After all, it's been 50 years now since the murder of those eleven athletes who were murdered in 1972 and his revenge was satisfied a long time ago. So he is now at an age when he should be retiring. And now we are back in the Art World with him. His friend Julian Isherwood of Isherwood Fine Arts, in the U.K. contacts him regarding the multimillion pound sale of, A Portrait of An Unknown Woman, by Anthony Van Dyck which Julian recently transacted. And thus begins the intriguing story of murder, art forgery and authenticating the works of the old masters. I was absolutely riveted to my chair while reading this book. Now I want to learn everything I can about selling in the art world today.
I am so glad that Daniel Silva has returned Gabriel Allon to his other skill of art restoration. It's so much more appropriate for a man of his age but just as exciting as his previous job.

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Bernard H.

Another page Turner from Mr Silva

Reviewed in France on March 17, 2023

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I purchased this book when it first was published and kept it in my to read shelf as one keeps a good bottle of wine to age it to perfection and use it for a good occasion.
I truly enjoyed the wait and being reunited with mr Allon, Chiara and the cast of this book.
Nowi will have to wait until Mr Silva finish his next book (or reread some of the previously read books).
Please hurry, Mr Silva.

Chris Balsi

Daniel Silva is back at his best

Reviewed in Italy on March 9, 2023

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Finally Daniel Silva is back at his best! In my opinion the last two novels were very disappointing, the rythm of telling was boring, quite often one had the feeling of reading bits and pieces from other Gabriel Allon books put togheter by paste and copy.
But this novel is really like the best Gabriel Allon novels. Now Allon is a newly defined figure, and a very interesting one. Now he is even ironic and seems more empatic. And the descriptions of the world of art dealers/smugglers/experts ist very well described. A really good read!

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Reviewed in Germany on October 17, 2022

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