Dark Voyage, Alan Furst
Dark Voyage, Alan Furst
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Dark Voyage

Author: Alan Furst

Narrator: Graeme Malcolm

Abridged: 5 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2004


Synopsis

May, 1941. At four in the morning, a rust-streaked tramp freighter streams up the Tagus River to dock at the port of Lisbon. She is the Santa Rosa; she flies the flag of neutral Spain and is in Lisbon to load cork oak, tinned sardines, and drums of cooking oil bound for the Baltic port of Malmö.
But she is not the Santa Rosa. She is the Noordendam, a Dutch freighter. Under the command of Captain Eric DeHaan, she sails for the Intelligence Division of the British Royal Navy, and she will load detection equipment for a clandestine operation on the Swedish coast-a secret mission, a dark voyage.
One more battle in the spy wars that rage through the back alleys of the ports, from elegant hotels to abandoned piers, and in the souks and cafés of North Africa. A battle for survival as the merchant ships die at sea and Britain-the last opposition to Nazi Germany-slowly begins to starve.
From Alan Furst-whom The New York Times calls America's preeminent spy novelist-here is an epic tale of war and espionage, of spies and fugitives, of love in secret hotel rooms, of courage in the face of impossible odds.

About Alan Furst

Alan Furst is widely recognized as the master of the historical spy novel. He is the author of Night Soldiers, Dark Star, The Polish Officer, The World at Night, Red Gold, Kingdom of Shadows, Blood of Victory, and Dark Voyage. Born in New York, he has lived for long periods in France, especially Paris. He now lives on Long Island, New York. Visit the author's website at AlanFurst.net.

About Graeme Malcolm

Malcolm Graeme has appeared on and off Broadway in Aida, The King and I, Lincoln Center's Hapgood, and M. Butterfly (National Tour). His television appearances include Law & Order, Follow the River, and Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (with Laurence Olivier). Film credits include A Further Gesture, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, and Reunion.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ed on October 04, 2008

In my mind Furst writes the finest espionage novels available. I like his stuff better than LeCarre's. This particular story follows the travails of a Dutch Cargo ship that ends up running undercover missions for the British in early 1941. Furst's ability to describe the atmosphere of those times is a......more

Goodreads review by Lars on October 02, 2010

Still good, but maybe my diet has been too heavily weighed toward Furst's spy thrillers recently. The formula is formulaic, even if it is a good formula. 'Dark Voyage' differs from Furst's other World War II espionage novels I've read so far in that there is an absence of eastern European intrigue. S......more

Goodreads review by Marc A. on April 21, 2025

Another winner by Alan Furst. I haven't had this much enjoyment from historical fiction since Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey and Maturin series. If Furst can turn as many good volumes as he did (and he's well on his way), I'll be in heaven. I've often wondered what my father's (born in Poland in 1909) lif......more

Goodreads review by Jacki (Julia Flyte) on May 09, 2020

Alan Furst has written a series of novels set in Europe in the 1930s and early 1940s. They overlap and characters occasionally reappear in different books. I've now read all but one of his books and I've enjoyed them all, although some are better than others and like many authors the most recent few......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth (Alaska) on July 23, 2023

When I opened this title on the Kindle, the first thing that is shown is a map of the Baltic. I bookmarked it, thinking I would refer to it again and again. I was right on that point. But then I was immediately confused because the story begins - and spends at least its half - in the Mediterranean.......more