Bulgaria, 1934. A young man is murdered by the local fascists. His brother, Khristo Stoianev, is recruited into the NKVD, the Soviet secret intelligence service, and sent to Spain to serve in its civil war. Warned that he is about to become a victim of Stalin's purges, Khristo flees to Paris. Night Soldiers masterfully re-creates the European world of 1934-45: the struggle between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia for Eastern Europe, the last desperate gaiety of the beau monde in 1937 Paris, and guerrilla operations with the ...
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Bulgaria, 1934. A young man is murdered by the local fascists. His brother, Khristo Stoianev, is recruited into the NKVD, the Soviet secret intelligence service, and sent to Spain to serve in its civil war. Warned that he is about to become a victim of Stalin's purges, Khristo flees to Paris. Night Soldiers masterfully re-creates the European world of 1934-45: the struggle between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia for Eastern Europe, the last desperate gaiety of the beau monde in 1937 Paris, and guerrilla operations with the French underground in 1944. Night Soldiers is a scrupulously researched panoramic novel, a work on a grand scale.
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Publisher:
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Published:
2005
Language:
English
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Publisher:
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Published:
2005
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18081699272
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This very well written and researched novel spans the turbulent years 1934-1945, Europe to the Soviet Union. The cast of characters are diverse and realistic (don't forget these folks when they are no longer mentioned) with the depths of human nature exposed at every turn. The action is mesmerizing and the politics - well, has anything really changed?
Gabor
Mar 17, 2011
Alan Furst
Alan Furst is the best mystery/spy novel writer if his generation. Nobody knows better the inter war intrigues of Soviet and Nazi agents.
The Night Soldier is a prime example of this genre.
