![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. ![]() Ben Macintyre reveals a tale of espionage, betrayal and raw courage that changed the course of the Cold War forever. So began one of the boldest and most extraordinary episodes in the history of spying. The Safeway bag was a signal: to activate his escape plan to be smuggled out of Soviet Russia. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre 4.8 (13) Paperback 15.99 18.00 Save 11 Paperback 15.99 eBook 14.99 Audiobook 0.00 Large Print 30. These blinks trace Gordievsky’s progress through the KGB and his years spying for MI6, the British secret service, before his final daring escape to the West. 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. The Spy and the Traitor (2018) details the real-life spy story of Oleg Gordievsky, the Soviet double-agent whose efforts contributed to the end of the Cold War. The bag alone was mildly conspicuous, printed with the red logo of Safeway, the British supermarket. In his grey suit and tie, he looked like any other Soviet citizen. 'THE BEST TRUE SPY STORY I HAVE EVER READ' JOHN LE CARRÉ 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. ![]()
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