The Defector
the untold story of the kgb agent who changed the cold war and saved mi5
$37.19
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2025
Summary
The Defector: Lies, Love, and a Cold War Betrayal
Drawing on newly declassified intelligence documents and dozens of interviews with spymasters, The Defector tells a startling story of a Soviet mission to plant fake Kremlin agents within British and American intelligence services, the paranoia that ensued, and how the actions of a genuine turncoat, the former KGB officer Oleg Lyalin, and the secrets he revealed resulted in one of the most dramatic and pivotal moments in the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781789468496 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1789468493 |
| Author: | Richard Kerbaj |
| Publisher: | John Blake Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | John Blake Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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Critics Review
“[The Secret History of the Five Eyes] Unencumbered by any sense of an agreed or official narrative” - staff, Sunday Times“Sensational” - staff, Daily Mirror “An impressively detailed account of a remarkable alliance” - Jeremy Bowen, New Statesman “A scandalous tale of mistrust and misjudgement” - staff, The Observer
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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