Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Portrait of a Spy is 16th and 17th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 16 |
SMOG Index | Grade 12 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 51 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 8 |
The estimated word count of Portrait of a Spy (Gabriel Allon Book 11) is 106,330 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 7 hrs 6 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 11 hrs 49 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 57 mins.
Portrait of a Spy (Gabriel Allon Book 11) - 106,330 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 11 hrs 49 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 7 hrs 6 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 3 hrs 57 mins |
for Portrait of a Spy (Gabriel Allon Book 11)
In a dangerous world, one extraordinary woman can mean the difference between life and death. . . .For Gabriel and his wife, Chiara, it was supposed to be the start of a pleasant weekend in London—a visit to a gallery in St. James’s to authenticate a newly discovered painting by Titian, followed by a quiet lunch. But a pair of deadly bombings in Paris and Copenhagen has already marred this autumn day. And while walking toward Covent Garden, Gabriel notices a man he believes is about to carry out a third attack. Before Gabriel can draw his weapon, he is knocked to the pavement and can only watch as the nightmare unfolds.Haunted by his failure to stop the massacre of innocents, Gabriel returns to his isolated cottage on the cliffs of Cornwall, until a summons brings him to Washington and he is drawn into a confrontation with the new face of global terror. At the center of the threat is an American-born cleric in Yemen to whom Allah has granted “a beautiful and seductive tongue.” A gifted deceiver, who was once a paid CIA asset, the mastermind is plotting a new wave of attacks.Gabriel and his team devise a daring plan to destroy the network of death from the inside, a gambit fraught with risk, both personal and professional. To succeed, Gabriel must reach into his violent past. A woman waits there—a reclusive heiress and art collector who can traverse the murky divide between Islam and the West. She is the daughter of an old enemy, a woman joined to Gabriel by a trail of blood. . . .Set against the disparate worlds of art and intelligence, Portrait of a Spy moves swiftly from the corridors of power in Washington to the glamorous auction houses of New York and London to the unforgiving landscape of the Saudi desert. Featuring a climax that will leave readers haunted long after they turn the final page, this deeply entertaining story is also a breathtaking portrait of courage in the face of unspeakable evil—and Daniel Silva’s most extraordinary novel to date.Gabriel Allon has been hailed as the most compelling creation since “Ian Fleming put down his martini and invented James Bond” (Rocky Mountain News). A man with a deep appreciation for all that is beautiful, Gabriel is also an angel of vengeance, an international operative who will stop at nothing to see justice done. Sometimes he must journey far in search of evil. And sometimes evil comes to him. Read more