- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; (Reissue) edition (16 Feb 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006511309
- ISBN-13: 978-0006511304
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 211,944 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Furst’s intelligent, ambitious, absorbing novel charges along from the rise of Fascism in Bulgaria, to Spain during the Civil War, to France and back to Eastern Europe as World War II draws to an end. The history is deftly incorporated; the viewpoint civilized; the characters and the settings picturesque; the adventures exciting; the writing pungent.’
New York Times
‘Night Soldiers has everything the best thrillers offer – excitement, intrigue, romance – plus grown-up writing, characters that matter, and a crisp, carefully researched portrait of the period in which our own postwar world was shaped.’
USA Today
‘Exceptional. Best of all is the chilling trail of treachery and betrayal, as the Russian Revolution – in the guise of the NKVD – devours its adherents.’
Washington Post
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'Ideally complex, intelligent, hugely intriguing...Furst is in a class of his own' William Boyd
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Furst is a master story-teller and he has an excellent ability to convey time, place and the political realities of the period.. wrong to say that Furst gets his history wrong about the POUM-- Furst makes at least two references its Trostkyist direction.
And even if inaccuracies do creep in, the overall impression is gripping. I have read four of his novels in the last two months, I just can't get enough.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
No one manages to get period detail down quite like Furst. His sense of color, ambience, time and place are simply exquisite. And, he's a master of the well told tale. Highly recommended. If you're looking for another good spy yarn, try Assassin by newcomer Ted Bell.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was my first Alan Furst book and I cannot recommend it highly enough. I often found myself pausing for breath - it truly is incredible and inspiring to imagine what life was like for many in the run up to and during the Second World War.
It's hugely ambitious - it covers a wide landscape and time period - but never loses its way. I know that some people have complained about a few histocial inaccuracies, but unless you are seriously well informed, I promise you it will not spoil your enjoyment of this book.
It's hugely ambitious - it covers a wide landscape and time period - but never loses its way. I know that some people have complained about a few histocial inaccuracies, but unless you are seriously well informed, I promise you it will not spoil your enjoyment of this book.
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gripping and atmospheric
I've just recently discovered Alan Furst and I'm reading his novels avidly. My criticism is that they can be a bit episodic, without a strong overall narrative strand to link the... Read more
Published 6 days ago by D. Saltiel
Full of political and linguistic inaccuracies
I have to agree with Jan Wammen Dam "euro1999", although my issues began when the story shifted to Civil war Spain. The linguistic and political inaccuracies abound e.g. Read more
Published 4 months ago by P. Henrick
craftmanship
Beautifully crafted with an epic scope. The many strands of the story pull together seamlessly. I was completely absorbed from begining to end. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Dorsetman
Pawns in the game
The details of this story of 1930/40's espionage have been ably set out by others. Khristo Stoianev and his Eastern European cohorts are portrayed as pawns in the spying game... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Officer Dibble
A rip-roaring read.
I resisted this author for over two years after a male colleague's recommendation but I have a lot of catching up to do now. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Zola fan
Gripping and thought provoking.
I have come to Alan Furst quite late - via a Twitter recommendation from Sir Christopher Meyer, formerly UK ambassador to the United States. Read more
Published 22 months ago by D. Land
atmospheric story telling at it's best
I understand this was one of the early Alan Furst novels and I loved it. Spanish civil war Pre war Eastern Europe and a principal character of Khristi Stoianev who endures through... Read more
Published 22 months ago by A. Browne
Evocative uncertainty
Furst is a wonderful novelist within the espionage genre, different in approach to any others I have come across. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2010 by Martin White
Furst does it again.
Brilliant stuff. One of his best. Definitely recommend for fans of Le Carre, Henry Porter, Phillip Kerr...
Published on 24 July 2009 by Bodgo
Historical and geographical inaccuracies
I was looking forward to read this - my first - book by Alan Furst because Jonathan Rabb was compared to him and Philip Kerr, and I have very much enjoyed Philip Kerrs books. Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2008 by Jan Wammen Dam
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