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Marie Night Soldiers

This novel is so well written that an ugly subject became fascinating. Many characters pepper this book yet even very minor ones were described vividly. The story of a young Bulgarian man's journey from a frightened teenager to a Russian agent during the 1930s and througn WW2 is rich with historical detail and interpretive insight. The use of the Danube river as a connecting "character" adds dimension.

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Marie Kingdom of Shadows

I read this book because I liked Alan Furst's "Night Soldiers" so well. But "Kingdom of Shadows" isn't nearly as good a book. Its scope is narrow and a bit shallow yet seems to want to be broad and meaningful, having the main character, Nicholas Morath, go back & forth between Paris & eastern Europe in 1938/39 on various unofficial philanthropic espionage errands. He gets into dangerous situations and always comes out OK while a beautiful woman patiently waits for him to return to her in Paris. The book does give a glimpse into the underbelly of life in Europe as Hitler invades Czechoslovakia and prepares to invade Poland.

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