Nat, a veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, thinks his years as an agent runner are over. But MI6 have other plans.
... One December night in 1942, a Nazi parachutist landed in a Cambridgeshire field. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort.
...
From planning an assassination attempt on Hitler in Switzerland, to spying on the Japanese in Manchuria, to preventing nuclear war (or so she believed) by stealing the science of atomic weaponry from Britain to give to Moscow, Ursula Kuczynski Burton
From planning an assassination attempt on Hitler in Switzerl&, to spying on the Japanese in Manchuria, to preventing nuclear war (or so she believed) by stealing the science of atomic weaponry from Britain to give to Moscow, Ursula Kuczynski Burton conducted some of the most dangerous espionage operations of the twentieth century.
Born to a German Jewish family, as Ursula grew, so did the Nazis' power. A fanatical opponent of the fascism that ravaged her homel&, she was drawn to communism as a young woman, motivated by the promise of a fair & peaceful society. She eventually became a spymaster, saboteur, bomb-maker & secret agent.
In Agent Sonya, Britain's most acclaimed historian vividly reveals the fascinating tale of a life that would change the course of history. Classic Ben Macintyre
- a gripping ride, based on meticulous research, that reads like a novel
- this is the greatest spy story never told.
Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780241986950
• Author: Ben Mac Intyre
• Publisher: Penguin
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 400
• Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.5cm