Kitty Harris: The Spy with 17 Names

Damaskin, Igor

ISBN 10: 1903608066 / ISBN 13: 9781903608067

Published by Little, Brown Book Group, 2002

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Seller Inventory # BSM.1ALJT

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kitty Harris: The Spy with 17 Names
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903608066
• ISBN 13: 9781903608067
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Who was Kitty Harris? Born in London to an emigre Jewish family she was a key figure in Soviet espionage networks across the globe, running agents in London, Berlin, Shanghai, Mexico and Los Alamos. She was Donald Maclean's controller and lover in London and Paris; and was the bigamous wife of Earl Browder, General-Secretary to the American Communist Party. She also played a role in the penetration of the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb, and helped organize an illegal spy-ring in Mexico City. A master of disguise and different identities, Kitty Harris was thought to have disappeared in the Soviet Union, but her extraordinary story can now be told by a senior Russian intelligence officer who has had access to her astonishing archive.

From the Publisher

Born in London to an emigrant Jewish family, Kitty Harris was a key figure in Soviet espionage networks across the globe, running agents in London, Berlin, Shanghai, Mexico, and Los Alamos. She was Donald Maclean's controller and lover in London and Paris, and the bigamous wife of Earl Browder, General–Secretary of the American Communist Party. She also played a role in the penetration of the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb, and helped organize an illegal spy ring in Mexico City. A master of disguise and covert identities, Kitty Harris has remained a virtually unknown figure, despite all that has been disclosed about the Soviet espionage system over the past forty years.