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# Read * The Polish Officer: A Novel by Alan Furst è eBook or Kindle ePUB. The Polish Officer: A Novel September 1939. Then, in the back alleys and black-market bistros of Paris, in the tenements of Warsaw, with partizan guerrillas in the frozen forests of the Ukraine, and at Calais Harbor during an attack by British bombers, de Milja fights in the war of the shadows in a world without rules, a world of danger, treachery, and betrayal.. His mission: to transport the national gold reserve to safety, hidden on a refugee train to Bucharest. As Warsaw falls to Hitler’s Wehrmacht, Captain Alexan

The Polish Officer: A Novel

Title : The Polish Officer: A Novel
Author :
Rating : 4.98 (615 Votes)
Asin : 0375758275
Format Type : paperback
Number of Pages : 320 Pages
Publish Date : 2015-10-30
Language : English

His exploits and the courageous sacrifices of the ordinary patriots who help him are both thrilling and at times inspiring. Throughout these dramatic events, Furst's understated narrative is insightful and convincing. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. As Warsaw is falling in 1939, Polish Captain Alexander de Milja embarks on a harrowing journey to smuggle the national gold reserves out of the country by rail-the first of many death-defying missions he will undertake for the nascent ZWZ, the Union for Armed Struggle. The unassuming de Milja-who considers himself merely "unafraid to die, and lucky so far"-proves an engaging protagonist. Under a series of false identities, mingl

September 1939. Then, in the back alleys and black-market bistros of Paris, in the tenements of Warsaw, with partizan guerrillas in the frozen forests of the Ukraine, and at Calais Harbor during an attack by British bombers, de Milja fights in the war of the shadows in a world without rules, a world of danger, treachery, and betrayal.. His mission: to transport the national gold reserve to safety, hidden on a refugee train to Bucharest. As Warsaw falls to Hitler’s Wehrmacht, Captain Alexander de Milja is recruited by the intelligence service of the Polish underground

Intriguing, Authentic Description of Occupied Europe The reader new to Alan Furst may not immediately recognize that the plot is subordinate to the setting and character development. The Polish Officer, like his other novels, ends somewhat abruptly; the war continues unabated and the fate of his protagonist remains unresolved. Furst sees WWII as a large canvas. This novel, a detailed painting by Alan Furst, on. Espionage and intrigue in Occupied Europe Alan Furst has apparently been writing books of this genre for some years now. The plots all take place during the period just prior to World War II, or the during the war itself. Each of the characters is somewhat compromised, morally or otherwise. Here, the main character is Captain Alexander de Milja, a Polish army officer whose main duty, in peacetime, w. Espionage and Resistance in Wartorn Europe Prauge Traveler "The Polish Officer" details the adventures of Captain Alexander de Milja, who survives his nation's defeat in 1939 and moves onto resist the Nazi juggernaut as a spy working with the allied powers. De Milja helps smuggle gold, and eventually makes his way to the Ukraine as Nazi Germany attacks the Soviet Union. As usual, Fust has created an excellent novel

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