Kingdom of Shadows, Alan Furst
Kingdom of Shadows, Alan Furst
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Kingdom of Shadows

Author: Alan Furst

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 9 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/04/2011


Synopsis

In spymaster Alan Furst's most electrifying thriller to date, Hungarian aristocrat Nicholas Morath—a hugely charismatic hero—becomes embroiled in a daring and perilous effort to halt the Nazi war machine in Eastern Europe.

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nooilforpacifists on March 11, 2016

If you read only one Furst book, this is it. Except for his 2013 release, all of Furst's work is much the same -- character development, ennui, plotless-disconnected scenes. Kingdom of Shadows, however, has the best characters (including two half-way real females) and almost a plot. Besides, the lea......more

Goodreads review by John on January 05, 2012

This book was frustrating. Everytime the plot started to get interesting Furst would go off on one of his innumerable tangents, examining the circumstances of some bit player. I know that he likes to chronicle the effect WWII had on everyday people but the plot gets too diluted with all the effort t......more

Goodreads review by Ken on August 18, 2021

Kingdom of Shadows, Alan Furst. Historical fiction, late 1930s in an anxious Europe. Nicholas Morath a war veteran, intimidating tough nature, a fiercely proud Hungarian, powerfully built, living a successful businessmans life within Parisian elite circles for 20 something years. His Uncle a Count P......more

Goodreads review by Mal on April 06, 2017

Welcome to “Night Soldiers,” the brilliant series by one of our most accomplished writers of espionage novels. Meet Nicholas Morath, 44, is an aristocratic Hungarian living in Paris, where he is a partner in an advertising firm. His uncle, Count Janos Polanyi, is a senior diplomat in the Hungarian mi......more

Goodreads review by Steve on September 29, 2011

An Alan Furst protagonist is invariably intellectual, politically astute, a man of action, a consummate lover, honorable, brave, and on the right side of any conflict (which follows naturally from despising Nazis). Nicholas Morath is the perfect archetype. Of course, the background and circumstances......more