The Polish Officer
September 1939. As Warsaw falls to Hitler’s Wehrmacht, Captain Alexander de Milja is recruited by the intelligence service of the Polish underground. His mission: to transport the national gold reserve to safety, hidden on a refugee train to Bucharest. Then, in the back alleys and black-market...
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September 1939. As Warsaw falls to Hitler’s Wehrmacht, Captain Alexander de Milja is recruited by the intelligence service of the Polish underground. His mission: to transport the national gold reserve to safety, hidden on a refugee train to Bucharest. 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.
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Format: papier
ISBN:
9780375758270 (0375758275)
Publish date: 2001 (data przybliżona)
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Pages no: 294
Edition language: English
Category:
History,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
War,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
World War II,
Poland,
Fiction,
Historical
One of my favourite Alan Furst's novel I've read so far. This is the life of Alexander de Milja, Polish officer that chooses to live and fight after Warsaw is taken and Poland is no more in 1939.That train ride in the opening chapter was just... yeah. Alexander is one interesting lead character so f...
The Polish Officer, like Night Soldiers and Dark Star, is good for its picturesque detail and rich understanding of the deep ties and rivalries between European states during World War II. But what makes each of these novels excellent is the infusion of stories within stories, of the heroes among mi...
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