The Foreign Correspondent, 9780753822302
Paperback
Exiled Italians in WWII Paris ignite a desperate resistance.

The Foreign Correspondent

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    30 November 2007

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Summary

The Foreign Correspondent: A Novel of Resistance and Exile

By 1939, thousands of Italian intellectuals, teachers, lawyers, journalists and scientists, had fled Mussolini’s fascist government and found refuge in Paris. There, amidst the poverty and difficulty of emigre life, they joined the Italian Resistance, founding an underground press that smuggled news and encouragement back to their lost homeland.

THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT is the story of Carlo Weisz and a handful of a…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780753822302
ISBN-10:075382230X
Author:Alan Furst
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:30 November 2007
Weight:251g
Dimensions:199mm x 135mm x 22mm
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Critics Review

There are writers who so capture the feel of a particular historical time and place that, once you’ve read them, its impossible to look back to the period without sensing their presence. Alan Furst, with his novels of wartime Europe, is one of those authors. - Simon Shaw

Enjoyably gripping tale of spies and skulduggery. - Christina Koning

About The Author

Alan Furst

Alan Furst has lived for long periods in France, especially in Paris, and has travelled as a journalist in Eastern Europe and Russia. He has written extensively for Esquire and the International Herald Tribune.

Previous titles:

Foreign Correspondent; Dark Voyage; Red Gold; World at Night; Dark Star; Night Soldiers; Polish Officer; Blood of Victory; Kingdom of Shadows

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