Potsdam Station, David Downing
Potsdam Station, David Downing
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Potsdam Station

Author: David Downing

Narrator: Simon Prebble

Unabridged: 11 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/19/2017


Synopsis

In April 1945, Hitler's Reich is on the verge of extinction. Assaulted by Allied bombs and Soviet shells, ruled by Nazis with nothing to lose, Berlin has become the most dangerous place on earth. John Russell's son Paul is stationed on the Eastern Front with the German Army, awaiting the Soviets' final onslaught. In Berlin, Russell's girlfriend Effi has been living in disguise, helping fugitives to escape from Germany. With a Jewish orphan to care for, she's trying to outlast the Nazis. Russell hasn't heard from either of them since fleeing Germany in 1941. He is desperate to find out if they're alive and to protect them from the advancing Red Army. He flies to Moscow, seeking permission to enter Berlin with the Red Army as a journalist, but when the Soviet's arrest him as a spy, things look bleak-until they find a use for him that has him parachuting into Berlin behind German lines.

About David Downing

David Downing grew up in suburban London. He is the author of the Jack McColl novels, the thriller The Red Eagles, and six books in the John Russell espionage series, set in WWII Berlin.


Reviews

Goodreads review by G.J. on August 13, 2020

This is the fourth in a very strong series, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Set in the final days of Berlin and covering the Russian offensive and the ultimate taking of control of Berlin, it tells the story from several perspectives. John Russell, Effi and Russell‘s son Paul, give us the fall of Berlin fr......more

Goodreads review by Scott on August 05, 2019

Exceptional and riveting. The last days of the Reich and the slowly collapsing city of Berlin are a tense, gritty crucible. The Russians are closing in, ringing the once mighty city with fire and rape. John Russell, Berliner, American journalist, unwilling spy, has escaped, but his fiance, film star......more

Goodreads review by Mark on May 20, 2012

Well, Mr. Downing has left the door open to a sequel to this wonderful series, and I hope he walks through it. This fourth book in the John Russell saga is set in the last, bloody days of Berlin's fate in WWII, with the Russians closing in from the East, successive waves of bombing from the Russians......more

Goodreads review by Gerald on August 03, 2010

It may seem churlish to resist such energy devoted to research but David Downing's recreation of 1930s and 40s Berlin ultimately palls. No vintage map seems to have been left unconsulted so that every journey takes place street by street. No doubt, transported back five or six decades, we would reco......more

Goodreads review by Al on May 23, 2011

I enjoyed the first three books in this series, but my first instinct was not to bother with this one. That was probably correct. For hardcore Downing fans, this book has much of what made the first three offerings so attractive: good historical detail, sympathetic characters, some suspense. Unfort......more