• The Spies of Warsaw

  • By: Alan Furst
  • Narrated by: Daniel Gerroll
  • Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (488 ratings)

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The Spies of Warsaw

By: Alan Furst
Narrated by: Daniel Gerroll
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Publisher's summary

Autumn 1937: War is coming to Europe, and French and German intelligence operatives are locked in a life-and-death struggle on the espionage battlefield. At the French embassy, the new military attaché, Colonel Jean-François Mercier, a decorated hero of the 1914 war, is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal, and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw.

At the same time, the handsome aristocrat finds himself in a passionate love affair with a Parisian woman of Polish heritage, a lawyer for the League of Nations.

Colonel Mercier must work in the shadows, amid an extraordinary cast of venal and dangerous characters: Colonel Anton Vyborg of Polish military intelligence; the mysterious and sophisticated Dr. Lapp, senior German Abwehr officer in Warsaw; Malka and Viktor Rozen, at work for the Russian secret service; and Mercier's brutal and vindictive opponent, Major August Voss of SS counterintelligence. And there are many more, some known to Mercier as spies, some never to be revealed.

The Spies of Warsaw is Furst's finest novel to date - exciting, atmospheric, and erotic.

©2008 Alan Furst (P)2008 Brilliance Audio

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Spies of Warsaw

Narration was dull and boring. totally lacking in imagination and mind. munbing
couldn't bear it long enough to get into the story
total waste of money.











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What a shame!

What would have made The Spies of Warsaw better?

What a shame to ruin a GREAT series by changing narrators in mid-stream. I certainly hope it was not a money issue, because if so what a waste and what false economy. The story is as good as any, but when you can't tell the characters apart in such an intricate multi-plot story, it is ruined.

What did you like best about this story?

The story line was a good Furst intimate look at wartime Europe and the lives of the "ordinary" people who get caught up in extraordinary circumstance.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Daniel Gerroll?

Absolutely RUINED the story. George Guidall of course, no brainier, why ruin a great series?

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Story great, hate that I won't be able to finish the series because of narration. Very sad

Any additional comments?

All authors should be very careful of who they get to narrate their works.

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Suspenseful?

The historical background in this book was interesting, but it's not what you're looking for in a spy novel. The only suspense in this book was waiting for some plot to develop. I kept waiting for a point to be made, but it never materialized.

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boring

I found this to be one of the slowest boring books i have downloaded in quite a few years. Maybe its just me, but I almost tossed it many times during the course of the book, and wish I had by the time it ended.

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