title: Spies of the Balkans: A Novel
author:  Alan Furst 
description: Unfolds like a vivid dream . . . One couldnt ask for a more engrossing novel.<i>The Wall Street Journal<br /></i><br />Impeccable historical fiction . . . intelligent [and] entertaining.<i>Los Angeles Times<br /></i><br />Furst vividly [mixes] love and adventure. . . . His books combine exhaustive research with exceptional narrative skill.<i>The Washington Post</i><br /><br />Brilliant . . . told with unusual detail and flair.Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio<br /><br />NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY<br /><i>Los Angeles Times</i>  <i>The Seattle Times</i>  <i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i><br /><i>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</i>  <i>The Globe and Mail</i>
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  ![Sea of Spies](../media/cover_9781788639026.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Sea of Spies
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Cover](text/cover.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Title Page](text/title_page.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Character List](text/ch001.xhtml#character-list)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [British](text/ch001.xhtml#british)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [In Turkey](text/ch001.xhtml#in-turkey)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Greece](text/ch001.xhtml#greece)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Romania/Czechoslovakia/Germany](text/ch001.xhtml#romaniaczechoslovakiagermany)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Switzerland/France/Portugal](text/ch001.xhtml#switzerlandfranceportugal)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [The Author](text/ch002.xhtml#the-author)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Prologue](text/ch003.xhtml#prologue)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Chapter 1](text/ch004.xhtml#chapter-1)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Mersin province, Turkey](text/ch004.xhtml#mersin-province-turkey)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [January 1943](text/ch004.xhtml#january-1943)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Chapter 2](text/ch005.xhtml#chapter-2)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Istanbul](text/ch005.xhtml#istanbul)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [February 1943](text/ch005.xhtml#february-1943)
  
  
  