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Spies of the Balkans

Spies of the Balkans

Author(s): Alan Furst

Location(s): Balkans, Paris, Thessaloniki (Salonika)

Genre(s): Thriller

Era(s): WW2

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Salonika 1940, Constantine Zannis the central character, policeman working on sensitive cases. As the war draws closer he becomes more involved in spying and Allied agent. He assists in the escape of Jews from Germany, to Turkey, and to the Balkans and he tasked to bring a British scientist out of occupied Paris.

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‘The spy writer Alan Furst’s mastery of the passions and politics of the Second World War is again in thrilling evidence here.’ (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )

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