Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Below is a list of alan fursts night soldiers books in order of when they were first published which is also their chronological order. Alan furst books list of books by author alan furst thriftbooks. Jan 08, 2002 i suspect when a person reads any alan furst book, he is left with the feeling that some insane person has ripped out the last hundred pages or so. He joins the red gold, the french resistant armed organization. Now translated into eighteen languages, he is the author of novels including mission to paris, spies of the balkans a tv book club choice the spies of warsaw, which became a bbc miniseries starring david tennant and the foreign correspondent. Alan furst is widely recognized as the master of the historical spy novel.
Alan fursts novels have been translated into eighteen languages. In the world at night, alan furst introduced film producer jean casson, who is forced by the german occupation of paris to abandon his civilised lifestyle and falls into the world of espionage and double agents until he is forced to flee the country. The fifth of alan fursts night soldiers series of historical espionage novels, and sequel to the world at night, red gold picks up the career of. 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. Red gold book by alan furst 9 available editions half. Nov 12, 2019 discover book depositorys huge selection of alan furst books online. Having spied, loved, and lost in the world at night 1996, casson is spending the cold autumn of 1941 hiding out from the gestapo in a sleazy paris pensione. Question about alan fursts night soldiers books crime. Red gold ebook by alan furst 9780307432919 rakuten kobo. Furst is a master of atmosphere and characterization, but always seems to me to be a bit wanting in plotting. The red gold ss looters try to steal in russia is a metaphoric payment in blood, while in paris informers are everywhere and. The night soldiers series is a popular book series of historical spy and espionage thriller novels written a noteworthy american author named alan furst.
A novel night soldiers book 5 and millions of other books are available for instant access. Often compared to graham greene and eric ambler, alan furst is a master of the spy thriller and one of the finest war novelists of our time. Jun 29, 2015 a few years ago i discovered the espionagenoir masterpiece that is alan fursts body of work, and ive been hooked ever since. The series is called his night soldiers series, which includes thirteen novels about the european underground resistance against the nazis between the years 19321945, or t. His other books are stand alone novels, and it doesnt matter in which order you read them.
Its soon clear the resistance is anything but monolithic. In the world at night, alan furst introduced film producer jean casson, who is forced by the german occupation of paris to abandon. Alan furst became a published novelist in 1976 with the novel your day in the barrel. While all his historical espionage novels are loosely connected protagonists in one book might appear as minor characters in another, only the world at night and red gold share a common plot. Published to outstanding acclaim, his novels brilliantly recreate the atmosphere and tension of the worlds of espionage and resistance in the europe of the 1930s and the second world war.
A novel by alan furst and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The protagonist of red gold is jean claude casson, a frenchman once a known movie producer, now a fugitive from the germans, who occupied northern france less than a year after the beginning of world war ii. His novels are usually set in eastern europe before and during world war ii. Alan furst is an american author of historical spy fiction. Every alan furst night soldiers novel james h duncan. Jean casson, a film producer caught up in the resistance during wwii, in germanoccupied paris, france. If you enjoy mysteries set against the rich background of world war ii europe philip kerrs berlin noir trilogy and the fine french series by j. Apr 30, 2009 having read most of furst s books, i love his jean casson character the best. Writing in the new york times, the novelist justin cartwright says that furst, who lives in sag harbor, long island, has adopted a european sensibility. Each novel is a selfcontained story with its own central characters theres a scattering of overlap and recurring events which feel as if the author inserted them to reward his most faithful readers. The playboy, romantic, likeable parisian movie director who becomes a very reluctant but in the end ruthless member of the resistance. It is comprised of a total of 14 books, which were released between the years 1988 and 2016.
Mar 23, 1999 alan furst s publisher chose to highlight him as a master of the atmospheric spy thriller in the note on the author at the end of his novel, red gold. Top 10 best alan furst books alan furst written works. In this sequel to the acclaimed the world at night, reluctant spy jean casson returns in another haunting and atmospheric thriller set in the shadows of occupied paris. The sequel to the acclaimed the world at night reluctant spy jean casson returns in another haunting and atmospheric thriller set in the shadows of occupied paris. Cover may not represent actual copy or condition available. Instead, we are skulking around in a dark, depressed city on edge, fearful of its german occupiers.
Red gold by alan furst 1999, hardcover for sale online ebay. See all books authored by alan furst, including night soldiers, and dark star, and more. Our cheap used books come with free delivery in australia. 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. The jean casson book series by alan furst includes books the world at night and red gold. His mastery of the moods and the political environment in europe before and during the second world war is unexcelled, and the flawed. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over.
Apr 30, 2009 alan furst is widely recognised as the master of the historical spy novel. Alan furst books list of books by author alan furst. The red gold ss looters try to steal in russia is a metaphoric payment in blood, while in paris informers are everywhere and collaboration is. Red gold by alan furst 1999, hardcover for sale online. Below is a list of alan fursts books in order of when they were originally published. The fifth book of alan fursts night soldiers series, with the events starting in september 1941.
Alan furst is an american author of historical spy novels. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. More masterful, richly atmospheric wwii spy fiction sends furst s despairing, dissolute, but delightfully resourceful film producer jean casson on yet another existential errand among the fiends and fanatics of the french resistance. 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. This is cassons second appearance in a furst novel, the earlier one being the world at night. Red gold completes the story that starts in the world at night. Red gold by alan furst and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Red gold has 9 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Red gold book by alan furst half price books marketplace. 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.
Jean casson reappears, hiding under the fake name jean marin. He considers his influences to be eric ambler, graham greene, joseph roth and arthur koestler. Feb, 2016 alan furst s ww2 books are all standalones, you can read them in almost any order. That said, i consider myself an enormous fan of furst s. In red gold, the fifth book of his looselyconnected night soldiers novels all of which have featured different protagonists author alan furst breaks form and. The spies of warsaw aired as a bbc television production in fall 2012. Kingdom of shadows was the first of these books to appear on the new york times bestseller list. The night soldiers series began with the title novel, published in 1988. See the complete jean casson series book list in order. The top rated alan furst books list have been translated into near about seventeen languages for readers all round the world to gift with.
Having read most of furst s books, i love his jean casson character the best. Red gold jean casson, book 2 by alan furst fantastic fiction. Nothing can be like watching casablanca for the first time, but furst comes closer than anyone has in years. When it comes to spy novels, no one is more erudite or elegant than alan furst, whose novels all set in the european theater of world war ii are rich with both historical fact and brilliantly imagined circumstances. Furst writes the prose in a lyrical fashion and has meticulously researched this series. In red gold, furst sketches an account of life among partisans, each skeptical if not outright suspicious of one another. Read red gold a novel by alan furst available from rakuten kobo.