The Litvinenko File

Sixsmith, Martin

ISBN 10: 0230531547 / ISBN 13: 9780230531543

Published by Macmillan, 2007

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Condition: Very Good
A well?kept copy showing light signs of use. The dust jacket is present and intact, with a small tear of less than 1?cm to the rear, but is otherwise clean and presentable. The binding is firm and secure, and all internal pages are clean, clear, and unmarked, with no highlighting or annotations.
A detailed investigative account of the poisoning and death of Alexander Litvinenko in London, examining espionage, political power, and the shadowy intersections of Russian intelligence and international politics. The book explores the wider context of post?Soviet power struggles and the implications for global security and diplomacy.
An absorbing and informative work for readers interested in espionage, modern Russian history, political intrigue, and intelligence studies, combining journalistic investigation with historical analysis.

Seller Inventory # C1-058

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Litvinenko File
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230531547
• ISBN 13: 9780230531543
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 2.8W x 13.8H x 21.6D centimeters 2.8 centimeters width by 13.8 centimeters height by 21.6 centimeters depth
• Weight: 559 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Intelligence

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Synopsis

On December 7th 2006, in a Highgate Cemetery drenched with London rain, a Russian was buried within a stone's throw of the grave of Karl Marx. He was Alexander Litvinenko, Sasha to his friends, a boy from the deep Russian provinces who rose through the ranks of the world's most feared security service. Litvinenko was the man who denounced murder and corruption in the Russian government, fled from the wrath of the Kremlin, came to London and took the shilling of Moscow's avowed enemy. Now he was a martyr, condemned by foes unknown to an agonised death in a hospital bed thousands of miles from home.

Martin Sixsmith draws on his long experience as the BBC's Moscow correspondent, and contact with the key London-based Russians, to dissect Alexander Litvinenko's murder. Myriad theories have been put forward since he died, but the story goes back to 2000 when hostilities were declared between the Kremlin and its political opponents. This is a war that has blown hot and cold for over six years; a war that has pitted some of Russia's strongest, richest men against the most powerful president Russia has had since Josef Stalin. But a war it certainly is. A war that is beginning to revive some of the worst horrors of the KGB, and looks set to intensify into a bitter battle for the Presidency in March 2008.

The Litvinenko File is a gripping, powerful inside account of a shocking act of murder, when Russia's war with itself spilled over onto the streets of London and made the world take notice.

About the Author

Martin Sixsmith was born in Cheshire and educated at Oxford, Harvard and the Sorbonne. From 1980 to 1997 he worked for the BBC, as the Corporation's correspondent in Moscow, Washington, Brussels and Warsaw. From 1997 to 2002 he worked for the British Government as Director of Communications. He is now a writer, presenter and journalist. His previous books are Moscow Coup: The Death of the Soviet System and two novels, Spin and I Heard Lenin Laugh.