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- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio; 1 edition (Jun 3 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0743533879
- ISBN-13: 978-0743533874
- Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 13 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #444,894 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Furst, master of the historical spy novel, offers this meticulously detailed and sprawling epic set at the onset of WWII. Drenched in romance and espionage and given to thrilling plot twists, the novel is beautifully realized by Daniel Gerroll, whose mastery of variously accented English dialects lends added authenticity to Furst's tale. Providing gritty and realistic German, French, and even Russian accents, Englishman Gerroll displays a natural stage presence and true performance ability. There is a subtle theatrical aspect at play here as well, creating a mysterious and enchanting atmosphere for the audience. A Random hardcover (Reviews, Apr. 14). (June)
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Review
“Entertaining from first page to last . . . [Alan] Furst is that rarity, a writer of popular fiction who is also a serious novelist.”—Washington Post Book World
“Teeming with intrigue . . . Furst’s novels of World War II Europe are not just atmospheric. They’re transporting.”—Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Wildly atmospheric . . . Furst’s novels combines the research habits of a top-shelf historical novelist with a taste for psychic warfare that recalls the work of British writers like W. Somerset Maugham . . . , Anthony Powell . . . , and Evelyn Waugh.”—Men’s Vogue
“This engaging historical fiction should be read by anyone who loves a compelling story well told.”—Houston Chronicle
“A rare thing: an engrossing, deeply emotional, thinking person’s love story.”— San Francisco Chronicle --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
“Teeming with intrigue . . . Furst’s novels of World War II Europe are not just atmospheric. They’re transporting.”—Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Wildly atmospheric . . . Furst’s novels combines the research habits of a top-shelf historical novelist with a taste for psychic warfare that recalls the work of British writers like W. Somerset Maugham . . . , Anthony Powell . . . , and Evelyn Waugh.”—Men’s Vogue
“This engaging historical fiction should be read by anyone who loves a compelling story well told.”—Houston Chronicle
“A rare thing: an engrossing, deeply emotional, thinking person’s love story.”— San Francisco Chronicle --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good spy story,
By Emmaursula (Small town BC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Spies of Warsaw: A Novel (Hardcover)
I read this book a few months ago and was surprised to find negative reviews here. It's a very good book; interesting characters, good plot, and a good spy story. Check out the reviews at the UK site of Amazon to get a more valid perspective on this book.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
The Coming Storm of World War II from a French Spy's Perspective,
By Donald Mitchell "Jesus Loves You!" (Thanks for Providing My Reviews over 112,000 Helpful Votes Globally) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (#1 HALL OF FAME)
This review is from: The Spies of Warsaw: A Novel (Hardcover)
Prior to World War II, most people either thought that Hitler and his generals were intent on world domination based on using any tool available or that these were reasonable people who could be persuaded to go elsewhere if you cut a deal with them. In between those views were the French, who thought that their Maginot Line could stop the Germans at the border in any future European war. Those who bet that Hitler and his generals were serious were right.This book examines those perspectives from the vantage point of the Western spies operating in Warsaw in 1937 and 1938. The fictional Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier steals enough secrets to come to the right conclusion about what France faces. In the process, you learn a lot about spy tradecraft in that era and how the various countries oriented to one another. The book has an oddly cold tone, as though this story was written in an attempt to keep out emotion, patriotism, and strong feelings of any kind. As a result, the plot, although interesting, failed to engage me into the story. I felt like I was reading a light, nonfiction magazine article about pre-World War II espionage instead. For a reading public that likes to exalt the importance and impact of espionage, this story is a sort of anti-story . . . suggesting that perhaps espionage was then more a game than serious business. To me, the best parts of the book were those that attempted to capture tradecraft in that era. Those were well done. Unlike many spy stories where the ending is up in the air . . . due to an optional, fictitious result, The Spies of Warsaw ends up being a bit too predictable in leading up to the well-known events of 1939 and 1940.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not his best. Maybe his worst.,
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This review is from: The Spies of Warsaw: A Novel (Hardcover)
I write historical novels and I know what it takes. I've read several of Furst's novels: the Polish Officer was superb; evocative of the times, lucid, detailed, understated. Dark Star was less effective. The Foreign Correspondent seemed to be somewhat scattered in focus. Now we come to The Spies of Warsaw, and what I detect here is a fine author desperately trying to satisfy the demands of his publisher and of his readers to keep the stories coming. I found the story line fractured, a bunch of bits and pieces focussed by the use of dates at the beginning of each section. The characters never came to life for me, the love story was a brief, superficial brush with suggestion, and the end of the book was a statement of history written as if the author was just plain tired of the whole effort. I did not enjoy The Spies of Warsaw. To give the author the respect he deserves I finished the book. It was boring.
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