Tim Ferriss
Barack Obama
Ray Dalio
Read by Tim Ferriss, Barack Obama, Ray Dalio and 18 others
The Spy and the Traitor
The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
by Ben Macintyre · 2018 · 384 pages
Dylan Field
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About This Book
The true account of Oleg Gordievsky, a high-ranking KGB officer who became one of the most significant double agents in British intelligence history. The book details his upbringing in a Soviet spy family, his eventual disillusionment with the regime, and the high-stakes MI6 operation to extract him from Moscow in 1985.
Book Details
Published
2018
Pages
384
Language
en
ISBN
9780241186657
Awards & Recognition
Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize (2018)Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction (2019)
Audiobook Available
13h 20m
Narrated by John Lee
