However, other reviews were less glowing. There is a certain nuance to the storytelling where everything ultimately makes complete sense, but the twists and turns are completely unexpected. About The English Assassin. flag. The English Assassin: A Romance of Entropy is a 1972 novel by British fantasy and science fiction writer Michael Moorcock, first published in the UK by Allison & Busby and in the US by Harper & Row. Marguerite Rolfe was digging in her garden because of the secrets she'd found hidden in her husband's study. Switzerland 1975. Tense, taut, expertly crafted, and brimming with unexpected reversals, The English Assassin is Daniel Silva at his storytelling best. EMBED. The English Assassin is the secondly of Daniel Silva’s publications to feature Gabriel Allon, an art restorer that doubles as a spy and sometimes assassin for the Israeli government. Of the first three Gabriel Allon books that I have read (and loved all of them) The English Assassin is my favorite. Tense, taut, expertly crafted, and brimming with unexpected reversals, The English Assassin is Daniel Silva at his storytelling best. Publishers Weekly called The English Assassin a "superbly crafted thriller." Subtitled "A romance of entropy" it was the third part of his long-running Jerry Cornelius series. `The English Assassin' is the second book in the Gabriel Allon saga but, unfortunately, it fails to live up to the promise of the first book. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! The English assassin Item Preview > remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. share. Thom Geier writing for Entertainment Weekly gave the novel a "C" rating. Geier noted that "Silva's plotting is as sophisticated as paint-by-numbers" and that his novel suffers from "sloppily written descriptions." The English Assassin is the only one of the four titles in which (at least in the 1977 Avon collection, The Cornelius Chronicles) Moorcock emphasizes its position and place as part of a greater whole, calling it "the third novel in a tetralogy about Jerry Cornelius and his times." The Unlikely Spy, Daniel Silva’s extraordinary debut novel, was applauded by critics as it rocketed onto national bestseller lists. From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Unlikely Spy, Daniel Silva, comes a taut, lightning-paced thriller rooted assuredly in fact: Switzerland’s shameful WWII record of profiteering and collaboration with Nazi Germany. Sadly, having set up a well-oiled plot that straddles a fine line between whistle-blowing, ethical dilemmas, and blood-and-thunder melodrama, Silva opts for melodrama, and the rest is dueling agents and anticlimaxes, with the persistently shadowy English assassin the most deplorable casualty. 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