false 253556 13 <B>Penzler Pick, January 2001:</B> The thrillers of Alan Furst usually take place in the dark days preceding World War II, but while the main participants in that war are of course portrayed, Britain, France, Germany, and the United States do not usually star in Furst's novels. He prefers instead to focus his stories on the citizens of those countries whose allegiances and roles in that particular theater of operations are much more contradictory and conflicted.<p> <I>Kingdom of Shadows</I> is set in Paris during 1938 and 1939. It is unclear at that time what the fate of Hungary will be if Hitler has his way, but a small group of expatriates would like to insure that events turn out in their country's favor. Nicholas Morath is an Hungarian aristocrat who fought bravely in the Great War. He is now part owner of an advertising agency in Paris, while his uncle, Count Janos Polanyi, is a minor diplomat stationed in Paris. Polanyi calls on Nicholas to take part in missions against the Hungarian Fascists: carrying letters or bringing individuals back across the border in the course of his business trips.<p> As Nicholas's dinner parties, business deals, and dalliances with his mistress start to take a back seat to the escalating crisis in Europe, his tasks become more complicated, dangerous, and bewildering to him. He knows far less than the reader, who understands that his actions will have far-reaching consequences even beyond the fate of Hungary. Nicholas just does what he can without the luxury of historic hindsight.<p> Furst has fashioned here an elegant gem that vividly portrays the city of Paris during the last peaceful days of 1938 and the menace of Hitler's ambitions in the Sudetenland and beyond. Nicholas Morath is a charismatic and sympathetic figure who will come to understand, as the war progresses, the consequences, both good and bad, of his smallest actions during that turbulent time. <I>--Otto Penzler</I> 2758250 2000 Kingdom of Shadows total:296|5:66|4:147|3:66|2:14|1:3| 296 1147 401 33 253556 0375758267 9780375758263 283 28 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173162942m/253556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253556.Kingdom_of_Shadows 4 1 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 09:04:33 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 09:11:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 253556 0375758267 9780375758263 283 28 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173162942m/253556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253556.Kingdom_of_Shadows 4 1 false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Aug 13 11:41:22 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 11:46:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 253556 0375758267 9780375758263 283 28 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173162942m/253556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253556.Kingdom_of_Shadows 5 0 false Mon Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Jul 19 15:49:16 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 15:50:35 -0700 2009
... on the heart (and souls) of Europe during the opening year of WWII. This is the backdrop for Alan Furst's carefully crafted short novel, Kingdom of Shadows.

As Austria, Czechoslovakia, and the rest of central Europe fall under the thrall of fascism, Nicholas M...more...]]> 253556 0375758267 9780375758263 283 28 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173162942m/253556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253556.Kingdom_of_Shadows 4 0 false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 19:02:08 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 19:02:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 253556 0375758267 9780375758263 283 28 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173162942m/253556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253556.Kingdom_of_Shadows 5 0 false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 05 03:53:55 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 04 23:58:33 -0800 2009 Once
This story, which takes place in 1938-39, follows Nicky Morath, a Hungarian businessman, living in Paris, who is also a p...more...]]> 253556 0375758267 9780375758263 283 28 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173162942m/253556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253556.Kingdom_of_Shadows 3 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 20:45:26 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 04 23:29:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 253556 0375758267 9780375758263 283 28 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173162942m/253556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253556.Kingdom_of_Shadows 3 0 false Fri Aug 21 07:41:17 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 11:48:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 253556 0375758267 9780375758263 283 28 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173162942m/253556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253556.Kingdom_of_Shadows 2 0 false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 28 08:53:36 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 22 09:16:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 253556 0375758267 9780375758263 283 28 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173162942m/253556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253556.Kingdom_of_Shadows 0 0 false Mon Oct 27 22:06:24 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 17 14:18:03 -0800 2009 This is the sixth volume in Furst's "Night Soldiers" series, although most of the series need not be read in the order published: only The World at Night and Red Gold relate directly as a sequential pair. For those that wish the read the books in sequence, Red Gold precedes this and Blood of Victory...more...]]> 253556 0375758267 9780375758263 283 28 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173162942m/253556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253556.Kingdom_of_Shadows 2 0 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 05 22:35:55 -0800 2007 Thu Apr 05 08:23:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 6391715 1402571755 9781402571756 1 1 3.88 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6391715-kingdom-of-shadows 4 0 false Wed Apr 29 07:57:17 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 07:58:33 -0700 2009 253556 0375758267 9780375758263 283 28 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173162942m/253556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253556.Kingdom_of_Shadows 3 0 false Sat Nov 21 09:25:58 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 09:30:24 -0800 2009 345345 057506837X 9780575068377 2 1 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173920204m/345345.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345345.Kingdom_of_Shadows 4 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 13:20:07 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 13:30:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 253556 0375758267 9780375758263 283 28 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173162942m/253556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253556.Kingdom_of_Shadows 4 0 false Sun Sep 06 13:58:38 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 14:00:07 -0700 2009 2732606 0375503374 9780375503375 6 3 3.88 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2732606.Kingdom_of_Shadows 4 0 false Tue Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Thu Jul 16 10:54:58 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 10:56:00 -0700 2009 2732606 0375503374 9780375503375 6 3 3.88 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2732606.Kingdom_of_Shadows 2 0 false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 20:13:22 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 16:24:28 -0700 2009 253556 0375758267 9780375758263 283 28 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173162942m/253556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253556.Kingdom_of_Shadows 4 0 false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 16:21:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 16:22:29 -0800 2009 253556 0375758267 9780375758263 283 28 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173162942m/253556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253556.Kingdom_of_Shadows 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon May 18 00:07:38 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 00:09:00 -0700 2009 253556 0375758267 9780375758263 283 28 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173162942m/253556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253556.Kingdom_of_Shadows 3 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 11 14:08:28 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 18:40:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 253556 0375758267 9780375758263 283 28 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173162942m/253556.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253556.Kingdom_of_Shadows 5 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:41:35 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 10:16:53 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2732606