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

*The No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller**A BBC Between the Covers book club pick**Shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize*. 'THE BEST TRUE SPY STORY I HAVE EVER READ' JOHN LE CARRÉ . An exciting Cold War story about a KGB double agent by one of Britain's greatest historians and the ultimate gift for anyone who loves a good spy thriller!. 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.... BEN MACINTYRE'S NEXT BOOK AGENT SONYA IS AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW|*The No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller**A BBC Between the Covers book club pick**Shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize*. 'THE BEST TRUE SPY STORY I HAVE EVER READ' JOHN LE CARRÉ . An exciting Cold War story about a KGB double agent by one of B...|Ben Macintyre is the multimillion-copy bestselling author of books including Colditz Agent Sonya SAS: Rogue Heroes The Spy and the Traitor 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. Several of his books have been made into films and television series including Operation Mincemeat A Spy Among Friends and SAS: Rogue Heroes.|Ben Macintyre is the multimillion-copy bestselling author of books including Colditz Agent Sonya SAS: Rogue Heroes The Spy and the Traitor 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. Several of his books have been made into films and television series including Operation Mincemeat A Spy Among Friends and SAS: Rogue Heroes.|An incredible true life spy story...Every word ramps up the tension as you're drawn deeper into the danger|If any spy writer were to put it in a novel it would not be believed. But blow by blow trick by trick it is all in Macintyre's book|He writes like a novelist. One of the last chapters is as tense as any thriller. No wonder le Carré liked it|THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An exciting Cold War story about a KGB double agent by one of Britain's 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 Carré________________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 . . .________________'The world's most important spy since the Second World War. Mercilessly gripping' Sunday Times'Extraordinary. His best book yet' John Preston Evening Standard'A remarkable story of one man's courage' The Times Book of the WeekBen Macintyre Sunday Times bestseller August 2023