[16] p. of plates : ill., facsims, ports. ; 23 cm. 175 pages VG/VG. Light shelf wear to dust jacket, small chip on rear fold of dust jacket, book exchange stamp on free front endpaper, light soiling to page edges, overall very good condition.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

A spy called Swallow : the true love story of Nora, the Russian agent .

Publisher

W. H. Allen, London

Publication Date

1978

Language

English

ISBN 10

0491024746

ISBN 13

9780491024747

Binding

hard cover with dustjacket

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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biography and autobiography

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Synopsis

The love affair and marriage of John Murray, an official in the British Diplomatic Service and a beautiful Stalinist spy is one of the great romantic and heroic stories of World War II. John’s now re-printed reminiscences are augmented by a prologue and epilogue written by two of their sons, Leeroy and Peter, seeking clarity and continuity in their parents’ love and life story. As a young businessman in Latvia and Finland, John was recruited as a courier for the British Government. Then, in 1940, he was appointed as a cypher (coder/decoder) at the British Embassy in Moscow. Targeted by Stalin’s secret police, in the form of a young spy named Nora (code name ‘The Swallow’) John tried, but could not resist her. Passionately in love, and against the backdrop of war torn countries, intrigue and deceit, and against dangerous odds, he saves Nora from an inevitably dreadful fate.

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