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Alan Furst


Born
in New York City, The United States
February 20, 1941

Website

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction, Historical Fiction

Influences
Eric Ambler, Graham Greene, Joseph Roth, Joseph Conrad, John le Carré


Alan Furst is widely recognized as the current master of the historical spy novel. Born in New York, he has lived for long periods in France, especially Paris. He now lives on Long Island.

Night Soldiers novels
* Night Soldiers (1988)
* Dark Star (1991)
* The Polish Officer (1995)
* The World at Night (1996)
* Red Gold (1999)
* Kingdom of Shadows (2000)
* Blood of Victory (2003)
* Dark Voyage (2004)
* The Foreign Correspondent (2006)
* The Spies of Warsaw (2008)
* Spies of the Balkans (2010)
* Mission to Paris (2012)
* Midnight in Europe (2013)
* Under Occupation (2019)

Stand-alone novels
* Your day in the barrel (1976)
* The Paris drop (1980)
* The Caribbean Account (1981)
* Shadow Trade (1983)

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Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.88 · 90,589 ratings · 8,778 reviews · 39 distinct works • Similar authors
Night Soldiers (Night Soldi...
3.93 avg rating — 11,587 ratings — published 1988 — 42 editions
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The Spies of Warsaw (Night ...
3.89 avg rating — 7,770 ratings — published 2008 — 42 editions
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Mission to Paris (Night Sol...
3.66 avg rating — 7,944 ratings — published 2012 — 28 editions
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The Polish Officer (Night S...
4.07 avg rating — 6,005 ratings — published 1995 — 37 editions
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Dark Star (Night Soldiers, #2)
4.12 avg rating — 5,793 ratings — published 1991 — 35 editions
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Spies of the Balkans (Night...
3.92 avg rating — 5,999 ratings — published 2010 — 38 editions
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The World at Night (Night S...
4.05 avg rating — 5,681 ratings — published 1996 — 31 editions
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A Hero of France (Night Sol...
3.72 avg rating — 5,812 ratings — published 2016 — 22 editions
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Midnight in Europe (Night S...
3.64 avg rating — 5,424 ratings — published 2014 — 31 editions
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The Foreign Correspondent (...
3.88 avg rating — 4,796 ratings — published 2006 — 39 editions
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Series by Alan Furst

Night Soldiers Dark Star The Polish Officer The World at Night Red Gold Kingdom of Shadows Blood of Victory
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Your Day in the Barrel The Paris Drop The Caribbean Account
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Quotes by Alan Furst  (?)
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“Wherever God has planted you, you must know how to flower - translated from a French saying”
― Alan Furst, The Spies of Warsaw
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“There's a French saying, ‘Où le Dieu a vous semé, il faut savoir fleurir.’ Let's see, ‘Wherever God has planted you, you must know how to flower'...”
― Alan Furst, The Spies of Warsaw
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“One is what one has the nerve to pretend to be.”
― Alan Furst, The World at Night
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