Alan furst novels jean casson

Alan Furst and his “Night Soldiers” books focus on the European underground résistance against the Nazis between the years of (give or take) and , and they have been an absolute pleasure to read and re-read since I discovered him around One aspect I appreciate most about the series is that the main characters are not your typical British or American WWII hero archetypes—spies, soldiers, or otherwise.

Furst gives us more of a grassroots perspective of Europe’s turmoil in that time.

The evocative Night Soldiers series from Alan Furst

Some main characters are Polish army officers, Italian newspaper reporters, Russian writers, Greek detectives, French film producers, Hungarian émigrés, etc. They’re people from all walks of life, and they all start out fearful of the Nazi regime and are unsure of what they can do against Hitler’s minions, but each finds a way to help, somehow.

There are only two books here that disappointed me, while the rest range from very solid to brilli Jean Casson Series in Order by Alan Furst - FictionDB SOMO