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Night Soldiers | 
 enlarge | Author: Alan Furst
Publisher: Phoenix
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 35194
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 0753818132
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780753818138
ASIN: 0753818132
Publication Date: April 21, 2005
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 Historical and geographical inaccuracies March 30, 2008
Jan Jensen
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was looking forward to read this - my first - book by Alan Furst because Jonathan Rabb was compared to him and Philip Kerr, and I have very much enjoyed Philip Kerrs books.
But the book is marred with a lot of inaccuracies which hamper the reading and the enjoyment of the book for a knowledgeable person.
A reader has already pointed out one historical inaccuracy. I can supplement with the following:
Page 25 - "The Russian came upriver from Izmail, in Soviet Bessarabia..." - in 1934 Izmail and Bessarabia was a part of Romania.
Page 45 - "Past the great city of Ruse, the grain port of Silistra. At the border, where the river flowed north into Romania..." - in 1934 the border between Bulgaria and Romania was further South due to the fact that Southern Dobrudja was Romanian.
Page 103 - in 1936 Kalinin and not Molotov was president of the USSR.
Page 422/423 - Furst talks about the First White Russian Front on page 422 and then on the next page 423 of the First Byelorussian Front as it was something else - and gives it different commanderes Rokossovsky and Zhukov!
Furst writes at page 512 that he wants to give - "A special word of thanks to William Curran, a great friend to this novel and a man who knows about maps and borders and the rivers that cross them". Maybe both Alan Furst and this William Curran should take a course in history and geography!
Atmospheric and riveting December 27, 2007
NickR (UK)
Nobody does 30s and 40s gloom and grime quite like Alan Furst. The period detail is wonderful. My only regret is that so many linguistic howlers have slipped through; I can't speak for the Bulgarian or Romanian extracts, but I would not have expected an author with AF's background to make so many mistakes in French and Spanish.
 Atmosphere of fear October 8, 2004
Alison Marx (Fisher Island)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
No one manages to get period detail down quite like Furst. His sense of color, ambience, time and place are simply exquisite. And, he's a master of the well told tale. Highly recommended. If you're looking for another good spy yarn, try Assassin by newcomer Ted Bell.
A superb and chilling thriller October 22, 2001
Nick 66 (London)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Furst is a master story-teller and he has an excellent ability to convey time, place and the political realities of the period.. wrong to say that Furst gets his history wrong about the POUM-- Furst makes at least two references its Trostkyist direction.And even if inaccuracies do creep in, the overall impression is gripping. I have read four of his novels in the last two months, I just can't get enough.
A gripping read from a master storyteller. May 18, 2001
jonstreet@hotmail.com (Bishops Stortford)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
The first and, in my opinion, possibly best of Furst's novels. The author encapsulates the oppressive atmosphere of mainland Europe in the 1930s and the brutality and evil of facism and communism vividly. The story of the "hero"s fight for survival from these twin ogres is totally engrossing. Will appeal to anyone who enjoys well written thrillers and has an interest in the history of this period.
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