Article: In Alan Furst's tales of intrigue, ordinary citizens try to resist Hitler in Europe.

Byline: Nancy Pate

I feel like a spy coming in from the cold. For over a decade now I've been on a mission, trying to let people know that when it comes to historical espionage fiction, there's no one better than Alan Furst.

Who?

Too often that's been the response, as if I whispered the wrong password. And so I'd repeat what I've said about his novels over the years:

Some books you read. Others you live. They seep into your dreams and haunt your waking hours until eventually they seem the stuff of memory and experience.

Such are the novels of Alan Furst, who uses the shadowy world of espionage to illuminate history and ...

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