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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Orion Pub Co
Publication date
May 5, 2005
Pages
352
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780297850724
ISBN-10
0297850725
Dimensions
1.50 by 6.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.65 lbs.
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Great Britain
Original list price
$38.65
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Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
A Hero of France | The Spies Of Warsaw | Night Soldiers | Mission To Paris | The World at Night | The Polish Officer | Red Gold | Kingdom of Shadows | Dark Voyage
A Hero of France | The Spies Of Warsaw | Night Soldiers | Mission To Paris | The World at Night | The Polish Officer | Red Gold | Kingdom of Shadows | Dark Voyage
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Szara becomes a full-time spymaster and as deputy director of a Paris network, he finds his own star rising when he recruits an agent in Berlin who can supply crucial information. Dark Star captures not only the intrigue and danger of clandestine life but the day-to-day reality of what Soviet operatives call special work.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Andre Szara, survivor of the Polish pogroms and the Russian civil wars, is a journalist working for Pravda in 1937. War in Europe is already underway and Szara is co-opted to join the NKVD, the Soviet secret intelligence agency. He does his best to survive the tango of pre-war politics by calmly obeying orders and keeping his nose clean. But when he is sent to retrieve a battered briefcase the plot thickens and is drawn into even more complex intrigues. Szara becomes a full-time spymaster and as deputy director of a Paris network, he finds his own star rising when he recruits an agent in Berlin who can supply crucial information. Dark Star captures not only the intrigue and danger of clandestine life but the day-to-day reality of what Soviet operatives call special work.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
With Alan Furst |
from Orion Pub Co (May 5, 2005)
9780297850724 | details & prices | 352 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.50 in. | 1.65 lbs | List price $38.65
About: Szara becomes a full-time spymaster and as deputy director of a Paris network, he finds his own star rising when he recruits an agent in Berlin who can supply crucial information.
About: Szara becomes a full-time spymaster and as deputy director of a Paris network, he finds his own star rising when he recruits an agent in Berlin who can supply crucial information.
from Houghton Mifflin (April 1, 1991)
9780395510643 | details & prices | List price $22.95
About: Offers a view of the dangerous, shabby, Stalinist-era world of Andre Szara, a Polish Jew, 'Pravda' correspondent, and occasional NKVD operative who discovers a secret that becomes both an opportunity and a threat for him
About: Offers a view of the dangerous, shabby, Stalinist-era world of Andre Szara, a Polish Jew, 'Pravda' correspondent, and occasional NKVD operative who discovers a secret that becomes both an opportunity and a threat for him
Paperback
Reprint edition from Random House Inc (July 1, 2002)
9780375759994 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $16.00
About: As deputy director of one of the Red Orchestra spy networks in Paris, Andre Szara recruits an agent from Berlin who can supply information on German aircraft production and finds himself caught in a crisis of conscience.
About: As deputy director of one of the Red Orchestra spy networks in Paris, Andre Szara recruits an agent from Berlin who can supply information on German aircraft production and finds himself caught in a crisis of conscience.
from Harpercollins Pub Ltd (February 1, 1998)
9780006511311 | details & prices | 5.50 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $13.00
With Curt Riess |
Reprint edition from St Martins Pr (August 1, 1992)
9780312928452 | details & prices | 4.25 × 6.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $6.99
This edition also contains Joseph Goebbels
About: As deputy director of one of the Red Orchestra spy networks in Paris, Andre Szara recruits an agent from Berlin who can supply information on German aircraft production and finds himself caught in a crisis of conscience.
This edition also contains Joseph Goebbels
About: As deputy director of one of the Red Orchestra spy networks in Paris, Andre Szara recruits an agent from Berlin who can supply information on German aircraft production and finds himself caught in a crisis of conscience.
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