Blood of Victory: A Novel
In the autumn of 1940, Russian émigré journalist I. A. Serebin is recruited in Istanbul by an agent of the British secret services for a clandestine operation to stop German importation of Romanian oil—a last desperate attempt to block Hitler’s conquest of Europe. Serebin’s race against time...
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In the autumn of 1940, Russian émigré journalist I. A. Serebin is recruited in Istanbul by an agent of the British secret services for a clandestine operation to stop German importation of Romanian oil—a last desperate attempt to block Hitler’s conquest of Europe. Serebin’s race against time begins in Bucharest and leads him to Paris, the Black Sea, Beirut, and, finally, Belgrade; his task is to attack the oil barges that fuel German tanks and airplanes. Blood of Victory is a novel with the heart-pounding suspense, extraordinary historical accuracy, and narrative immediacy we have come to expect from Alan Furst.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780812968729 (0812968727)
ASIN: 0812968727
Publish date: 2003-05-13
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Pages no: 246
Edition language: English
Category:
History,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
War,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
World War II,
Suspense,
Fiction,
Historical
In Blood of Victory which is in fact oil, petrol from Roumania that the Germans need to continue the war, we follow Russian émigré I. A.Serebin first steps into the spy world. From Istanbul, to Paris to Bucharest, back in Paris, into Belgrade this is a great game to stall the Germans' access to oil ...
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