An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin?s Master Agent: MINT SIGNED and PUBLICATION DAY DATED FIRST EDITION

Owen Matthews

ISBN 10: 1408857782 / ISBN 13: 9781408857786

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019

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A mint first printing in a likewise unclipped dust wrapper. Unread gift condition, SIGNED and Publication Day DATED 23/3/19 by Owen Matthews to the title page. An outstanding copy with superb attributes following The Daily Telegraph five star rating only a small limited stock now available. BOXED DESPATCH. Seller Inventory # ABE-1554135524451

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Title: An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin?s ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Publication Date: 2019

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

The thrilling true story of Richard Sorge-the Soviet intelligence operative John le Carré called “the spy to end spies.”

Richard Sorge moved in a world of shifting alliances and infinite possibility. Born to a German mother and a Russian father, Sorge became a fanatical communist-and the Soviet Union's most formidable spy.

Like many great spies, Sorge was an effortless seducer, combining charm with a ruthless manipulation. He did not have to go snooping to find out closely guarded state secrets-his victims willingly shared them. Hiding in plain sight as a foreign correspondent, he infiltrated and influenced the highest echelons of German, Chinese, and Japanese society in the years leading up to and including World War II. His intelligence proved pivotal to the Soviet counteroffensive in the Battle of Moscow, which determined the outcome of the war.

Owen Matthews, author of Stalin's Children, captures the sweep of history and draws on a wealth of declassified Soviet documents and testimonials to tell the riveting story of the man Ian Fleming described as “the most formidable spy in history.”

About the Author:

Owen Matthews studied Modern History at Oxford University before beginning his career as a journalist in Bosnia. He has written for the Moscow Times, The Times, the Spectator and the Independent. In 1997, he became a correspondent at Newsweek magazine in Moscow where he covered the second Chechen war, Afghanistan, Iraq and the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. His first book on Russian history, Stalin's Children, was translated into twenty-eight languages and shortlisted for The Guardian First Books Award and France's Prix Médicis.