The Spy and the Traitor, The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Macintyre, Ben

ISBN 10: 024118665X / ISBN 13: 9780241186657

Published by Viking / Penguin Group / Random House, London, 2018

First edition, first impression with '001' on copyright page. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN HEAVY BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some faint dust and fingerprint marking to unlaminated jacket, not price clipped (£25.00), no other inscriptions, some slight yellowing to page block, internally clean tight and almost square, overall a vg+ copy. 366pp, illustrated endpapers. 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 for MI6. 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 espionage. In 'The Spy and the Traitor' Ben Macintyre reveals a tale of betrayal, duplicity and raw courage that changed the course of the Cold War forever. Ben Macintyre's acclaimed biography of Oleg Gordievsky, very scarce signed. Seller Inventory # 012314

Synopsis:

'THE BEST TRUE SPY STORY I HAVE EVER READ' JOHN LE CARRÉ 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...

About the Author: Ben Macintyre is the multimillion-copy bestselling author of books including Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat A Spy Among Friends and SAS. He is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times, and has worked as the newspaper's correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. He regularly presents BBC series based on his acclaimed books.

Ben Macintyre is the multimillion-copy bestselling author of books including Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat and A Spy Among Friends. He is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times, and has worked as the newspaper's correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. He regularly presents BBC series based on his acclaimed books.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Spy and the Traitor, The Greatest ...
Publisher: Viking / Penguin Group / Random House, London
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Jacket by Gray318
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition