The Spy and the Traitor
the greatest espionage story of the cold war
$23.15
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
3 June 2019
Summary
The Spy and the Traitor: A Cold War Espionage Thriller
On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on a busy Moscow avenue, clutching a plastic Safeway bag. He appeared to be just another Soviet citizen, but he was a spy.
A senior KGB officer, he had spent over a decade feeding British intelligence a stream of invaluable secrets, causing unprecedented damage to the Soviet intelligence apparatus. The Safeway bag was a signal to initiate his daring escape from Sovi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241972137 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241972132 |
| Author: | Ben Macintyre |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 3 June 2019 |
| Weight: | 313g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 24mm |
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Impeccably researched, superbly told - by far the best book on the SAS in World War II
An incredible true life spy story…Every word ramps up the tension as you’re drawn deeper into the danger
* Mail on Sunday *If any spy writer were to put it in a novel, it would not be believed. But, blow by blow, trick by trick, it is all in Macintyre’s book – Fredrick ForsythHe writes like a novelist. One of the last chapters is as tense as any thriller. No wonder le Carré liked it * Daily Express *About The Author
Ben Macintyre
Ben Macintyre is the multimillion-copy bestselling author of books including Colditz, Agent Sonya, SAS- Rogue Heroes, The Spy and the Traitor, Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat and A Spy Among Friends. He is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times, and has worked as the newspaper’s correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. Several of his books have been made into films and television series, including Operation Mincemeat, A Spy Among Friends and SAS- Rogue Heroes.
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