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Dark Voyage Alan Furst

Dark Voyage By Alan Furst

Dark Voyage by Alan Furst


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Summary

Recruited by Dutch Naval Intelligence while in the port of Tangier, DeHaan steers his ship, disguised as a neutral Spanish freighter, through a series of secret missions for British Naval interests.

Dark Voyage Summary

Dark Voyage by Alan Furst

Tangier, 1941 -- for Eric DeHaan, Captain of the Dutch tramp freighter Noordendam, life at sea has always been his great, but not his only, love affair. Recruited by Dutch Naval Intelligence while in the port of Tangier, DeHaan steers his ship, disguised as a neutral Spanish freighter, through a series of secret missions for British Naval interests, which include taking British commandos on raids against a German observation station in French Tunisia; floating in emergency convoys; transporting bombs from Alexandria to the beleaguered British forces in Crete; and installing a listening post on the southern coast of Sweden, across from German bases on the Baltic Slowly, the Noordendam becomes a ship of fugitives -- a former lieutenant in the Polish navy, a Greek stowaway from Crete, a Jewish refugee medical student recruited as ship's doctor, and Maria Bromen, a Russian maritime journalist -- all on the run and trapped on the seas until the war ends. Secret operations, romance, battles in port alleys and at sea, DARK VOYAGE takes us with nail-biting suspense through the spy-saturated world of 1941.Magnificent historical espionage complete with a fighting hero -- a good-hearted man battling against an evil world.

Dark Voyage Reviews

'Competitors despair. Alan Furst's mastery of the espionage novel put him beyond any would-be rival...No one does it better than Furst and DARK VOYAGE is about as good as it gets. First class in every department.' -- Philip Oakes LITERARY REVIEW 'the eccentric wanderers with their strange histories, the shadowy life in the wings of the theatre are pure Casablanca... tension, excitement and the cat and mouse of naval warfare are Furst's primary business.' -- David Smith THE OBSERVER 'Alan Furst writes brilliantly about wartime Europe.' THE ECONOMIST 'a gripping plot and a galaxy of well-drawn characters.' -- David Robson THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'With Furst at his best, as with the best of John le Carre, the reader is gripped by a tale which is at bottom serious rather than simply diverting.' -- Sean O'Brien TLS The streamlined clarity with which Dark Voyage pulls all this together is extraordinary... Dark Voyage is vintage cinema already.' -- Janet Maslin THE SCOTSMAN 'Furst seems to have the maritime lingo down pat, and all the time he's slipping the reader a detailed history lesson about this aspect of the war...best of all is the sly humour that dominates every page.' -- Omer Ali TIME OUT 'as the novel nears its violent climax in the Baltic, there is a lot of satisfying business below-decks with over worked boilers, muffled speaking tubes, oily engine hands wielding well-aimed carbines.' -- Brian Dillon SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'Buy it and then go looking for Furst's other wonderful thrillers.' -- Vincent Banville CORK EXAMINER

About Alan Furst

Alan Furst has lived for long periods in France, especially in Paris, and has travelled as a journalist in Eastern Europe and Russia. He has written extensively for Esquire and the International Herald Tribune.

Additional information

GOR003819498
9780297849124
0297849123
Dark Voyage by Alan Furst
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Orion Publishing Co
2004-08-12
272
N/A
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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