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Kingdom Of Shadows
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Kingdom Of Shadows
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Alan Furst
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:288 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 134 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780753825587
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| Classifications | Dewey:823.914 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Orion Publishing Co
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| Imprint |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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| Publication Date |
20 August 2009 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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.
Author Biography
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.
Reviews'Alan Furst's spy fiction is serious, even solemn: a good but never light read.' - Literary Review. 'Furst's tales...are infused with the melancholy romanticism of CASABLANCA, and also a touch of Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon.' - Scotsman 'Throughout, the author's delight in the process of espionage shines through.' - TLS
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