The Spy and the Traitor (Audio book) - Unabridged Edition

Penguin presents the audio CD edition of The Spy and the Traitor written and read by Ben Macintyre. 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. . . 'THE BEST TRUE SPY STORY I HAVE EVER READ' JOHN LE CARRe

Product details

• Authors: Ben Macintyre
• Assisted by: Ben Macintyre (Reader / Narrator)
• Publisher: Viking
• Languages: English
• Product format: CD-Audio
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780241375723
• ISBN: 978-0-241-37572-3
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 140 mm x 35 mm
• Series: CD-Audio
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Russia, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Former Soviet Union, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Baltic States, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Espionage & secret services, Espionage and secret services, Biography: historical, political and military