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A Hero of France

By: Alan Furst
Narrated by: Peter Noble
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Spring 1941: Britain is losing the war, but the fighters of the French Resistance are determined not to give up. These courageous men and women - young and old, aristocrats and nightclub owners, teachers and military heroes - run an escape line for British airmen down to Spain.

In Rouen and Orleans, in secret hotels and on the streets, they prise open Europe's sealed doors to lead British fighters to freedom....

©2015 Alan Furst (P)2016 W F Howes Ltd Espionage Genre Fiction Historical Mystery Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense War & Military Fiction Military War

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"[Furst] remains at the top of his game." ( The New York Times)
"The grandmaster of the historical espionage genre." ( The Boston Globe)
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Alan Furst is one of a rare group of writers whos novels are awaited like a gift
beautiful narration of a novel which brings this Parisian era to life

excellent ,

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Always a great story from this author- this is one of his best, well read too.
Really enjoyed.

Great story!

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the Second World War. I trust we never have to experience another dreadful world war.

Very interesting - a novel which I thoroughly enjoyed and am sure there are many similar stories which really happened during

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I am not convinced the writer really knows much about France or The Resistance. Do all French people really live in Pahree and drink red wine and Champagne? Felt the accents were a bit suspect. Expected somebody to ''say ziss only wurnse' .

it was ok

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There a many good real life works written about the French resistance that it is a wonder that such a tedious novel should have reached the bookshelves. Furst has a tendency to start writing a potentially interesting piece of action only to end it abruptly and begin writing about something else. His protagonists invariably end up in a barn or train wagon where they fall asleep. His readers might wish to follow suit.

Peter Noble’s narration is monotone and slow in style.

A tedious story

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