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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: 3.89 · 95,897 ratings · 9,182 reviews · 41 distinct works â€� Similar authors
Night Soldiers (Night Soldi...
3.94 avg rating — 12,253 ratings — published 1988 — 43 editions
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The Spies of Warsaw (Night ...
3.90 avg rating — 7,945 ratings — published 2008 — 44 editions
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Mission to Paris (Night Sol...
3.66 avg rating — 8,275 ratings — published 2012 — 27 editions
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The Polish Officer (Night S...
4.07 avg rating — 6,398 ratings — published 1995 — 40 editions
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Dark Star (Night Soldiers, #2)
4.13 avg rating — 6,164 ratings — published 1991 — 39 editions
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Spies of the Balkans (Night...
3.93 avg rating — 6,348 ratings — published 2010 — 41 editions
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The World at Night (Night S...
4.05 avg rating — 5,965 ratings — published 1996 — 34 editions
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A Hero of France (Night Sol...
3.73 avg rating — 6,191 ratings — published 2016 — 27 editions
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Midnight in Europe (Night S...
3.65 avg rating — 5,738 ratings — published 2014 — 32 editions
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3.88 avg rating — 5,041 ratings — published 2006 — 44 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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The World at Night Red Gold
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Your Day in the Barrel The Paris Drop The Caribbean Account
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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.â€� 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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