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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. 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. . .Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780241375723
eBay Product ID (ePID)13046624723
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Spy and the Traitor: the Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
TopicGovernment, History
Publication Year2018
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiographies & True Stories
TypeTextbook
AuthorBen Macintyre
FormatAudio CD
Dimensions
Item Height140mm
Item Width138mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorBen Macintyre