The Defector
the untold story of the kgb agent who changed the cold war and saved mi5
$50.40
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2025
Summary
The Defector: A Cold War Betrayal
The Defector unveils the gripping, untold story of Oleg Lyalin, a KGB saboteur whose 1971 defection in London triggered the expulsion of over a hundred Soviet ‘diplomats’ from the UK.
Based on newly declassified intelligence documents and extensive interviews with spymasters, The Defector recounts a shocking Soviet plot to infiltrate British and American intelligence with false Kremlin agents, the resulting paranoia, and ho…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781789468489 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1789468485 |
| Author: | Richard Kerbaj |
| Publisher: | John Blake Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | John Blake Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
Richard Kerbaj
Richard Kerbaj is a writer, journalist and Bafta-winning filmmaker, and the author of The Secret History of the Five Eyes, the first account of the highly secret intelligence collaboration between the USA, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, of which The Times wrote: ‘It is an extraordinary development … sets out evidence that the British authorities conspired in a cover-up.’
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