The Spies of Warsaw
Alan Furst$17.85
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War is coming to Europe. French and German intelligence operatives are locked in a life-and-death struggle on the espionage battlefield. At the French embassy, in Warsaw, the new military attach , Colonel Jean-Fran ois Mercier, a decorated hero of the 1914 war, is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal, and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of the city. At the same time, the handsome aristocrat finds himself in a passionate love affair with a Parisian woman of Polish heritage, a lawyer for the League of Nations. Risking his life, Colonel Mercier must work in the shadows, amid an extraordinary cast of venal characters, some known to Mercier as spies, some never to be revealed.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 06/09/2009
ISBN: 9780812977370
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 07/26/2009 pg. 16
Library Journal 10/01/2015 pg. 37
War is coming to Europe. French and German intelligence operatives are locked in a life-and-death struggle on the espionage battlefield. At the French embassy, in Warsaw, the new military attach , Colonel Jean-Fran ois Mercier, a decorated hero of the 1914 war, is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal, and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of the city. At the same time, the handsome aristocrat finds himself in a passionate love affair with a Parisian woman of Polish heritage, a lawyer for the League of Nations. Risking his life, Colonel Mercier must work in the shadows, amid an extraordinary cast of venal characters, some known to Mercier as spies, some never to be revealed.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 06/09/2009
ISBN: 9780812977370
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 07/26/2009 pg. 16
Library Journal 10/01/2015 pg. 37