Kingdom Of Shadows

Kingdom Of Shadows

by Alan Furst (Author)

Synopsis

Paris, 1938. Nicholas Morath, former Hungarian cavalry officer, returns home to his young mistress in the 7th arrondissement. He's been in Vienna where, amid the mobs screaming for Hitler, he's done a quiet favour for his uncle, Count Janos Polanyi. Polanyi is a diplomat and, desperate to stop his country's drift into alliance with Nazi Germany, he trades in conspiracy - with SS renegades, Abwehr officers, British spies and NKVD defectors, leading Morath deeper and deeper into danger as Europe edges towards war.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 04 Jan 2001

ISBN 10: 0575403160
ISBN 13: 9780575403161
Book Overview: Reissued alongside Alan Furst's widely praised new novel, Blood of Victory Kingdom of Shadows has already sold over 20,000 copies in paperback A top-notch novel from an exceptionally talented writer: 'Furst's ability to recreate the terrors of espionage is matchless' Robert Harris 'His exquisitely wrought spy thrillers, set in the Thirties and Forties, have set new standards for the genre...As in other Furst novels, it is the sense of ordinary people having to summon extraordinary courage that gives the writing its power...the reader is gripped by the suspense of the moment' Sunday Telegraph 'Alan Furst is an addiction' Metro

Author Bio
Alan Furst has lived for long periods in France, especially in Paris, and has travelled as a journalist in Eastern Europe and Russia. He has written extensively for Esquire and the International Herald Tribune.