Physical
In Circulation| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0241972132 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0241972137 |
| No of pages | 384 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Penguin Books |
| Published Date | 30 May 2019 |
Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor on The Times. He has worked as the newspaper’s correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. He is the author of nine previous books including Agent Zigzag, shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and the Galaxy British Book Award for Biography of the Year 2008, and the no. 1 bestsellers A Spy Among Friends, Operation Mincemeat, Double Cross and SAS: Rogue Heroes.
Ben’s latest book The Spy and the Traitor, tells the story of double KGB agent Oleg Gordievsky and was a Sunday Times Bestseller and shortlisted for the Ballie Gifford prize and National Book Awards. It will be published in paperback on Thursday 30th May 2019.
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*The No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller*
*A BBC Between the Covers book club pick*
*Shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize*
'THE BEST TRUE SPY STORY I HAVE EVER READ' JOHN LE CARRÉ
An exciting Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians and the ultimate gift for anyone who loves a good spy thriller!
On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the heart of Moscow, holding a plastic carrier bag. In his grey suit and tie, he looked like any other Soviet citizen. The bag alone was mildly conspicuous, printed with the red logo of Safeway, the British supermarket.
The man was a spy. A senior KGB officer, for more than a decade he had supplied his British spymasters with a stream of priceless secrets from deep within the Soviet intelligence machine. No spy had done more to damage the KGB. The Safeway bag was a signal: to activate his escape plan to be smuggled out of Soviet Russia. So began one of the boldest and most extraordinary episodes in the history of spying. Ben Macintyre reveals a tale of espionage, betrayal and raw courage that changed the course of the Cold War forever...
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