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Cargando... Spies of the Balkans: A Novel (2010 original; edición 2011)por Alan Furst (Autor)
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Spies of the Balkans is the latest of his page-turners about the coming threat of Nazism and German occupation in the regions of Europe that were neither immediately conquered like France or Poland, nor which held out like Britain. The impact of the war on the Iberian peninsular, or on those central European countries like Switzerland, Hungary and Romania which tried to stay aloof from the conflict, remains little-known. Furst writes about this world overshadowed by, but not totally plunged into, full-scale conflict. Denis MacShane MP was Minister for the Balkans 2001-2005 “Spies of the Balkans” is set primarily in the northeastern Greek city of Salonika, an ancient and famously polyglot place only recently returned to Athens’ sovereignty by the second Balkan War. The action, which is propulsively nonstop, occurs over the crucial seven-month period between late 1940 and the Nazi invasion of Greece in the spring of 1941. Furst’s engaging protagonist is a “senior official” of the Salonika police, Constantine (Costa) Zannis. His personal qualities — a rare disinterest in bribes, an unfailing discretion and a wide-ranging competence that allows him to navigate back alleys and exclusive private clubs — have attracted the notice and patronage of the city’s 80-year-old police commissioner, Vangelis. Mr. Furst has written so often about such men, the intrigue that surrounds them, and their subtle, intuitive maneuvering that he risks repeating himself. But Zannis is a younger, more vigorous version of the prototype than some. And he is Greek, which adds a whole new perspective to Mr. Furst’s view of Europe before and during World War II, given the strategic importance of Greece’s ability to resist German domination. If shades of its personal drama are by now familiar to Mr. Furst’s readers, this book’s larger and more important geography seems new. Pertenece a las seriesNight Soldiers (11) DistincionesListas de sobresalientes
As war approaches northern Greece, the spies begin to circle--from the Turkish legation to the German secret service. In the ancient port of Salonika, Costa Zannis, a senior police official, head of an office that handles special "political" cases, risks everything to secure an escape route for those hunted by the Gestapo. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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