He lived in the south of franceas a fulbright teaching fellow at the faculte des lettres at the university of montpellier, then in seattle, where he worked for the city of seattle arts commission. Fursts novels, masterly analyses of character as much as plotdriven thrillers, are addictively readable and dark voyage is a fine example of his art. High seas, highbrow dark voyage by alan furst telegraph. It may be that in these current political and military times, a finely crafted wartime novel.
Most of his novels since 1988 have been set just prior to or during the second world war and he is noted for his successful evocations of. The book features a merchant sea captain, eric dehaan. It is comprised of a total of 14 books, which were released between the years 1988 and 2016. Max stockman, fursts grandfather was the one who urged. This time, it is 1941, and eric dehaan, captain of the dutch freighter noordendam, finds himself, his crew and his ship drafted into. Furst has been called an heir to the tradition of eric ambler and graham greene, whom he cites along with joseph roth and arthur koestler as important influences. This time, it is 1941, and eric dehaan, captain of the dutch freighter noordendam, finds himself, his crew and his ship drafted into the service of allied naval intelligence. Alan furst discusses his novel dark voyage, a story of courage and intrigue in 1941. He is the bestselling author of night soldiers, dark star, the polish officer, the world at night, red gold, kingdom of shadows, blood of victory, dark voyage, the foreign correspondent, mission to paris, midnight in europe, and a hero of france. Alan furst is widely recognized as the master of the historical spy novel. His stylish spycraft is often compared to standardbearers of. As the captain of the noordenam, a dutch freighter, surveys the books in his cabin, he realises that the ones which he most likes are.
Top 10 best alan furst books alan furst written works. Dark voyage was my introduction to alan fursts wwii spy novels. Dark voyage there is a phenomenon in life known as murphys law. The novels of alan furst are translated in 17 languages around the world. M john harrison enjoys alan fursts dark voyage, a tale of war and espionage. With his eighth novel about the shadow world of european espionage during wwii, alan furst bids to break out of cult status. It is a nautical tale that relates the nervewracking and perilous chronicale of a minor merchant ship caught up in the periphery of wwii which sucks the ship into a frightful world the ship and her crew are only marginally prepared to endure. The night soldiers series is a popular book series of historical spy and espionage thriller novels written a noteworthy american author named alan furst. Szaras byzantine path takes him through the mutual horrors of hitlers germany and of the stalinist underground.
The hero of this book is dutch sea captain, eric dehaan, and he is recruited in 1941 by the dutch naval intelligence. Dark voyage is taut with suspense and pounding with battle scenes. Second in alan fursts sequence of espionage novels set in late 1930s and early 1940s europe, dark star focuses upon the experiences of andre szara, a soviet journalist of polishjewish origins and a reluctant spy for the nkvd. If you know nothing about it, you can read the details here, but the general principle is that, if something can go wrong, it will. Dark voyage is a departure from fursts usual genera of story. Born in new york, he has lived for long periods in france, especially paris. A few years ago i discovered the espionagenoir masterpiece that is alan fursts body of work, and ive been hooked ever since. The second world wars march into the historical distance has seen it, paradoxically, loom ever. Born in new york, he lived for many years in paris, and now lives on long. Dark voyage audiobook by alan furst, george guidall. Dark voyage is not fursts best work, but my caveat is that fursts best work is amazing, so understand that this book is pretty darn good. Furst is often praised for his minor characters, which have been described as sketched out in a few strokes. In dark voyage, alan furst returns with another installment of his very looselyconnected tales of world war ii intrique. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read dark voyage.
Dark voyage book by alan furst half price books marketplace. The book follows the ad hock crew of the noordendam, sailing for the royal navy under a stolen spanish flag. The author sat down for an interview prior to an event at book passage on august 9, 2004. 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. From alan furstwhom the new york times calls americas preeminent spy novelisthere is an epic tale of war and espionage, of spies and fugitives, of love in secret hotel rooms, of courage in the face of impossible odds. Night soldiers, the polish officer, kingdom of shadows, the world at night, dark star, the spies of warsaw and many others. Below is a list of alan fursts books in order of when they were originally published. Alan furst, widely recognized as the master of the historical spy novel, is the author of a hero of france, midnight in europe, mission to paris, and many other bestsellers. The fourteen night soldiers novels alan furst has written to date involve spies in europe in the years leading up to and during world war ii. If you owned a bookstore, in what section would you display his books. While the crew sails from port to port, we are given hints at the battles through letters, radio transmissions and. I have read most of alan fursts books and whilst the rest have been good, in my humble opinion this is the best yet. They have gained global recognition and the top ranked list of books by alan furst includes some of the incredible works such as the polish officer, night soldiers, blood of victory, red gold and the dark voyage. In dark voyage, furst takes us to sea on an old dutch freighter pressed into service in the british war effort.
All of fursts books are set in and around the second world war, and many of them are located in occupied france, chiefly paris. The book follows the ad hock crew of the noordendam, sailing for the royal navy under a. The top rated alan furst books list have been translated into near about seventeen languages for readers all round the world to gift with. Dark voyage by alan furst audio book simply audiobooks. Furst is a master at evoking the pathos and heroism of individual during the darkest period of wwii for the allies the 194041 years. He is pressed into service by the royal dutch navy and then the british, to carry warrelated cargo that. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Mediterranean evening falls, as always, subtle and slow.
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