John russell has always been in the thick of things in david downing s powerful historical novels set largely in berlin. Brought out on the 1st of may 2007, it manages to set a lot of the action up creating and establishing the world that its going to be taking place within. Zoo station a john russell wwii spy thriller by david downing and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Downings station cycle creates a fictional universe rich with a historians expertise but rendered with literary style and heart. Silesian station john russell series by david downing 2011. David downing has 106 books on goodreads with 43575 ratings. Downing provides no platform for debate in this unsentimental novel, leaving his hero to ponder the ethics of his pragmatic choices while surveying the. John russell has always been in the thick of things in david downings powerful historical novels set largely in berlin downing provides no platform for debate in this unsentimental novel, leaving his hero to ponder the ethics of his pragmatic choices while surveying the ground level horrors to be seen in berlin. He is the author of one mans flag, the red eagles, and six books in the john russell espionage series set in wwii berlin.
David downing has written a series of novels about an english journalist in berlin during ww ii. In april 1938, a man calling himself josef hofmann arrives at a boarding house in hamm, germany, and lets a room from the widow who owns it. He is the author of numerous books for adults and children, including four novels featuring angloamerican journalist john russell. By david holroyd on 052017 sample lenins roller coaster. Browse david downings bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. I started reading the station series out of order and was left with an unfavourable impression of david. He has written a series of espionage thrillers, based around angloamerican character john russell exploring germany in. David downings john russell books in order fantastic fiction. Most of the novels have meandered a bit along the way, but in hindsight i now see this as part of their appeal, rather than a drawback. John russell, a british journalist and sometime amateur spy, and his partner effi koenen, a german actress, beginning in 1939 berlin, germany. David downing is a british author of politicalspy thriller novels and nonfiction books. Silesian station by david downing is the second book in his series about international journalist john russell who is working for an american newspaper in 1939 berlin. In zoo station, the first of the series, john russell, is in danzig when hes approached by a soviet nkvd agent offering him a lot of money for a series of articles that portrayed naziism in a positive light. Ive read all of david downings excellent john russell novels that depict the intrigues, human and political, that formed, deformed, and reformed the.
Potsdam station 4 by david downing 2012, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. The fourth novel in david downings fine, trainstationtitled series features a highstakes game of hideandseek in 1945 berlin. Stettin station 3 by david downing 2011, paperback at the best. Set in 1939 during world war ii, russell is a british journalist who starts working as an amateur spy in berlin, germany. He has also written an eclectic mixture of nonfiction books, ranging from military and political history, russian football, musicians like. Buy a cheap copy of zoo station book by david downing.
This has been a superbly written series, full of a sense of time and place, and richly textured. Fursts novels are set in the cauldron of paris around the outbreak of ww2, and downings in berlin. The book paints a suspenseful and a dark picture of a country moving gradually towards war. It is important to read this series in order i failed miserably starting the books once before when not coming at them in the right order. David downings superb series of novels first appeared in 2007 with the publication of zoo station and i was lucky enough to get my hands on an early copy. Angloamerican journalist john russell is frantic to find a. A series of espionage thrillers set mostly in berlin around the outbreak of world war ii, featuring the englishamerican journalist and amateur spy john russell. Nor did he even try to properly pronounce the myriad of foreign names and phrases sprinkled throughout the book. John russell has always been in the thick of things in david downings powerful historical novels set largely in berlin. Author david downing bio and signed books vj books. Zoo station is the first book in john russell series by david downing set in germany before the second world war. From bestselling author david downing, master of historical espionage, comes a heartwrenching depiction of germany in the days leading up to world war ii and the difficult choices of one man of conviction.
Book 5 in the john russell historical thriller series. Forced to work for both german and american intelligence, hes searching for a way out of germany. Lehrter station john russell series book 5 kindle edition. It helps to read downings novels in order, but if potsdam station is.
He lives with his wife, an american acupuncturist, in guildford, england. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Order in the next 17 hours 59 minutes and get it by thursday, february 20. Lehrter station caught between soviets and americans, john russell cant escape his role as an accidental spy book 5 in the john russell historical thriller series. He has also been known to write under the pseudonym david monnery. He is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction for both adults and children, including four novels featuring angloamerican journalist john russell and the nonfiction work sealing their fate. David downings new novel, lerter station, is the fifth book in his john russell series. He is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction for both adults and children, including four novels featuring angloamerican journalist john russell and the. By 1939, angloamerican journalist john russell has spent over a decade in berlin, where his son lives with his mother. He is the author of the jack mccoll novels, jack of spies, one mans flag, lenins roller coaster, and the dark clouds shining. The series is also known as the john russelleffi koenen series. Initially brought out through the soho press publishing house, this was to be the first book in the ongoing john russell series of novels. He is the author of six books in the john russell series, zoo station, silesian station, stettin station, potsdam station, lehrter station, and masaryk station, as well as jack of spies, one mans flag, and the red eagles.
But as war approaches, he faces the prospect of having to leave. Its 1945, and british journalist john russell has finally reunited with his german girlfriend, effi, in london after a. John russell is the main protagonist in a series of historicalpoliticalspy thriller novels by british author david downing. David downing is a contemporary british author of mystery novels and nonfiction. It helps to read downings novels in order, but if potsdam station is your first foray into russells escapades, be forewarned that you may soon feel compelled to undertake a literary reconnaissance mission to retrieve and read the earlier books. David downing books list of books by author david downing. David downing audio books, best sellers, author bio. The espionage novels of david downing novelist and historian david downing offers a powerful evocation of berlin from 1939 to 1948 in six engrossing novels each title the name of a continental train station from the last year of peace before the outbreak of war to when the city became a flashpoint for the cold war. Downing provides no platform for debate in this unsentimental novel, leaving his hero to ponder the ethics of his pragmatic choices while surveying the ground level horrors to be seen in berlin. Russell is an american who has lived in berlin since the 1930s its now 1948 in this new book and is a jackofall trades.
Zoo station, silesian station, stettin station, potsdam station, lehrter station, and masaryk station and the nonfiction work, sealing their fate. He is the author of six books in the john russell espionage series, set in wwii berlin. Zoo station, silesian station, stettin station, potsdam station, lehrter station, and masaryk station. Jack of spies, david downing shop online for books in. Having read and thoroughly enjoyed david downings previous four novels i thought the series was finished when the war ended. Extended sample diary of a dead man on leave by david downing. This is the sixth and final novel in the john russelleffi koenen series set around the second world war. He has also written an eclectic mixture of nonfiction books, ranging from military and political history, russian football. The main character is john russell, working as a freelance journalist from england but living in berlin. Praise for the john russell series epic in scope, mr. David downing is the author political thrillers, two alternative histories and a number of books on military and political history and other subjects as diverse as neil.
Begun in prewar berlin and continuing through the war, downing now takes his characters in this book from london to berlin in the fall of 1945. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Masaryk station is located in prague, not the berlin of downings previous books in his john russelleffi koenen ww2 and postwar series. He is the author of the jack mccoll novels, the thriller the red eagles, and six books in the john russell espionage series, set in wwii berlin. By 1939, angloamerican journalist john russell has spent 15 years in berlin, where his germanborn son lives. He is known for his convincing depiction of world war ii and berlin, probably due to his studies and familiarity with the subject. In this volume russell is juggling his spying duties for 3 different countries in the month leading up to hitlers invasion of poland. He has written a series of espionage thrillers, based around angloamerican. The official website of espionage author, david downing. He is the author of the john russell espionage series, which is set in wwii berlin, and the jack mccoll series.
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