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The Spy and the Traitor

By Ben MacIntyre

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The Spy and the Traitor

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*Shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize* 'THE BEST TRUE SPY STORY I HAVE EVER READ' JOHN LE CARR? A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians 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 for MI6. 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 espionage. In The Spy and the Traitor Ben Macintyre reveals a tale of betrayal, duplicity and raw courage that changed the course of the Cold War forever.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
384
Release Date:
2018-09-20
Publication Date:
2018-09-20
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0241186668
ISBN13:
9780241186664
Weight:
548 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
232 cm
Thickness:
34 cm
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