A hero of France : a novel / Alan Furst.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781442399006 :
- ISBN: 1442399007
- Physical Description: 7 audio discs (approximately 8 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Audioworks, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
General Note: | Compact disc. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Daniel Gerroll. |
Summary, etc.: | "Paris, 1941. The City of Light, occupied by the Nazis, is dark and silent at night. Streetlamps are painted blue and apartment windows draped or shuttered in the blackout ordered by the Germans. But when the clouds part, the silvery moonlight defies authority, and so does a leader of the French Resistance, known as Mathieu. In Paris and in the farmhouses, barns, and churches of the French countryside, small groups of ordinary men and women are determined to take down the occupying forces of Adolf Hitler. Mathieu leads one such Resistance cell, helping downed British airmen escape back to England. This suspenseful, fast-paced thriller by the author whom Vince Flynn calls 'the most talented espionage novelist of our generation' captures this dangerous time as no one ever has before. Alan Furst brings Paris and occupied France to life, along with courageous citizens who outmaneuver collaborators, informers, blackmailers, and spies, risking everything to fulfill perilous clandestine missions. Aiding Mathieu as part of his covert network are Lisette, a seventeen-year-old student and courier; Max de Lyon, an arms dealer turned nightclub owner; Chantal, a woman of class and confidence; Daniel, a Jewish teacher fueled by revenge; Joëlle, who falls in love with Mathieu; and Annemarie, a willful aristocrat with deep roots in France, and a desire to act. As the German military police heighten surveillance, Mathieu and his team face a new threat, dispatched by the Reich to destroy them all. Shot through with the author's trademark fine writing, breathtaking suspense, and intense scenes of seduction and passion, Alan Furst's A Hero of France is at once one of the finest novels written about the French Resistance and the most gripping novel yet by the living master of the spy thriller"-- Provided by publisher. "Alan Furst goes to war: Occupied Paris for the first time since Red Gold (1999 pub), Furst has set this novel during the war itself, instead of on the eve of the war. Members of the French Resistance network young and old, aristocrats and schoolteachers, defiant heroes and ordinary people all engaged in clandestine actions in the cause of freedom. From the secret hotels and Nazi-infested nightclubs of Paris to the villages of Rouen and Orleans. An action-packed story of romance, intrigue, spies, bravery, and air battles"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Subject: | France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945 > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France > Fiction. |
Genre: | War fiction. Audiobooks. War stories. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Bethel Public Library | CDBOOK F FURST (Text) | 34030136861710 | Adult Fiction CD | Available | - |
Hall Memorial Library - Ellington | BOCD FURST, ALAN (Text) | 34037133858045 | Adult Book on CD | Available | - |
Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon | BCD FUR Night Soldiers Bk.14 (Text) | 33430133175240 | Adult Book on CD | Available | - |
Killingly Library | A-CD AUDIO BOOK/Fur (Text) | 34040155295344 | Adult Book on CD | Available | - |
Oliver Wolcott Library - Litchfield | CD SPOKEN FUR (Text) | 36123134771581 | Adult Fiction CD | Available | - |
Salem Free Public Library | BCD FUR (Text) | 33640152619239 | Adult Fiction CD | Available | - |
Scoville Memorial Library - Salisbury | CD FURST (Text) | 37538127672091 | Adult Book on CD | Available | - |
Tolland Public Library | A-CD BOOK FUR (Text) | 34051143190505 | Adult Book on CD | Available | - |
Weston Public Library | A-BKCD FURST (Text) | 34053137833116 | Adult Book on CD | Available | - |
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