Ben Macintyre The Spy & the Traitor : The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold

THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An exciting Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britains greatest historians and the ultimate gift for anyone who loves a good spy thriller! The best true spy story I have ever read John le CarrOn a warm July evening in 1985, a middleaged 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 . . .The worlds most important spy since the Second World War. Mercilessly gripping Sunday TimesExtraordinary. His best book yet John Preston, Evening StandardA remarkable story of one mans courage The Times, Book of the WeekBen Macintyre, Sunday Times bestseller, August 2023 | Ben Macintyre The Spy & the Traitor : The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold