In Midnight in Europe, Alan Furst paints a spellbinding portrait of a continent marching into a nightmare—and the heroes and heroines who fought back against the darkness. And what allies they are: there’s Max de Lyon, a former arms merchant now hunted by the Gestapo; the Marquesa Maria Cristina, a beautiful aristocrat with a taste for danger; and the Macedonian Stavros, who grew up “fighting Bulgarian bandits. Some reviews have said Furst phoned this one in, which I don't agree with, but I think they put their fingers on something lackluster in this book, which I'm more willing to pin on its focus on the Spanish Civil War. Boring! This novel was not better than the others, nor as good, but I can't call it appreciably worse. Use up arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+up arrow) and down arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+down arrow) to review and enter to select.Click or Press Enter to view the items in your shopping bag or Press Tab to interact with the Shopping bag tooltip majestic heart of Florence, a beautiful golden-haired boy is abandoned and subjected to cruelty beyond words. The “thriller” label is a bit of a stretch, which is not a knock. In Madrid another émigré smuggles false documents and money to a woman hiding from Franco’s secret police. Furst’s books are billed as World War II historical thrillers. Joining Ferrar in this mission is a group of unlikely men and women: idealists and gangsters, arms traders and aristocrats and spies. As always, there is intrigue, a few tense moments, a hair-breadth escape, and a soupçon of sex. He never wastes time filling in backstory. Abandoned about a third of the way through. The book takes place during the waning days of the Spanish Civil War, a war that has also been referred to as a rehearsal for WWII since it was, essentially a training ground for Fascism. Jun 03, 2014 | ISBN 9780679604235 Alan Furst, widely recognized as the master of the historical spy novel, is the author of A Hero of France, Midnight in Europe, Mission to Paris, and many other bestsellers. Finally, it seems to me that Mr. Furst, for whatever reason, is spending more time and effort introducing romantic involvements (three in MIE) into his stories.
This is a historical espionage/spy novel, but it isn't until close to the end of the book that the action picks up--and even then it's like a big fireworks display that just goes poof...and never becomes what it was meant to be. In the back alleys of nighttime Europe, war is Mar 17, 2015 | ISBN 9780812981834

Furst’s protagonists are not your stereotypical war heroes. . His characters are stereotypes and the plots, always his weakness, are more lifeless than usual. That said, it isn't so much the period as the plot which seems to be growing repetitive. He is the only breadwinner for the family which consists of his father whose main purpose in life is to track down rare stamps, his mother, his religious sister and his Abuela (grandmother) who really runs the household and is the only one, other than Cristian, who is grounded in reality. “Fascism is a revolutionary force, it wants to destroy the established order and take its place—take its money, its businesses, everything it has because, to these people, the governing class in Europe is hesitant, ineffective, effete. Set in Paris in the run-up to World War II, Furst offers a good spy novel which is one of the few I have seen that is easy to follow.This latest novel in Furst's Night Soldiers series is the best in a long while. I finished it in one day! Praise for Alan Furst and Midnight in Europe “Furst never stops astounding me.” —Tom Hanks “Furst is the best in the business.” —Vince Flynn Occasionally his books seem to meander to an end without anything being resolved, but given that is how real life works I've never been bothered by that. In Midnight in Europe, Alan Furst paints a spellbinding portrait of a continent marching into a nightmare—and the heroes and heroines who fought back against the darkness. With few exceptions, his heroes are all strong men (and they're always men), with a well developed sense of honor, a penchant for heroics, and a habit of getting in over their heads. In most cases, the reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[Furst] glides gracefully into an urbane pre–World War II Europe and

It’s as if I was a spy in the 1930s, or wished I was.Alan Furst is my favourite author, so I find it difficult to review his books objectively.



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