false 2294328 10 Set in Warsaw, Selsia, and Paris, Furst's stunning, action-packed new thriller combines espionage with deadly romance, all happening during the rearing threat of Hitler's gathering war against Europe. 2300636 3 6 2008 The Spies of Warsaw total:428|5:60|4:187|3:138|2:35|1:8| 428 1540 752 131 0 3 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 22:35:49 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 22:35:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 08:47:33 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 08:52:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jun 15 13:06:18 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 06:35:06 -0700 2008
What started as a snack turned into a meal and then into a banquet. I am now working on my seventh Furst book a la Kindle.
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What I like about Furst's novels is that he puts me in a time...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 09:11:09 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 14:47:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Feb 23 14:31:05 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 18:10:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 09:01:10 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 09:20:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Sep 06 06:55:04 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 02:40:44 -0700 2009 This is the third or fourth Hurst wartime novel I have read and I already recognised some of the types of character. The hero is from an upper class French family, polite, restrained but languidly attractive to women, he overcomes his...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:58:16 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:58:16 -0800 2009 With The Spies of Warsaw, Furst continues to assert himself as the contemporary master of historical espionage. Although he has condensed his vision in recent efforts, Furst's latest combines a relentless verisimilitude with intricate plotting and well-drawn characters. That attention to character, ...

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Furst now owns the genre of cerebral spy novels that LeCarre abandoned long ago. He combines historical realism, character development, subtle intrigue, and novelistic themes. The Spies of Warsaw focus...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 07:55:11 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 08:08:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 10:18:19 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 13:45:48 -0700 2008
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This new novel is up there with the best of them. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 09:38:16 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 07:27:02 -0700 2008 The Spies of Warsaw is a low-key finely crafted novel of espionage. Set in Warsaw and Paris, the story takes place from mid 1937 to early 1938. War was looming, and Poland was to be the first major battleground.

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