Night Soldiers: A Novel

Alan Furst

Nov 2008 · Sold by Random House

About this ebook

Bulgaria, 1934. A young man is murdered by the local fascists. His brother, Khristo Stoianev, is recruited into the NKVD, the Soviet secret intelligence service, and sent to Spain to serve in its civil war. Warned that he is about to become a victim of Stalin’s purges, Khristo flees to Paris. Night Soldiers masterfully re-creates
the European world of 1934–45: the struggle between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia for Eastern Europe, the last desperate gaiety of the beau monde in 1937 Paris, and guerrilla operations with the French underground in 1944. Night Soldiers is a scrupulously researched panoramic novel, a work on a grand scale.

Ratings and reviews

Seemed like it should have been "sprawling", but it was actually pretty compact considering the historical span and detail. Very interesting period and place to examine, very different hero.

Excellent read. Furst characters are ordinary men who do extraordinary things in a unsure time. This was the first novel that I read from him, and I have read them all. Dale

About the author

Alan Furst, widely recognized as the master of the historical spy novel, is the author of Midnight in Europe, Mission to Paris, and numerous other bestsellers. His books have been translated into 18 languages. Born in New York, he spent many years in Paris, and now lives on Long Island.