NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“The best true spy story I have ever read.”—JOHN LE CARRÉ
The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War.
“The best true spy story I have ever read.”—JOHN LE CARRÉ
The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War.
The incredible untold story of WWII’s greatest secret
fighting force, as told by our great modern master of wartime
intrigue
Britain’s Special Air Service—or SAS—was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristocrat whose aimlessness in early life belied a remarkable strategic mind.
Britain’s Special Air Service—or SAS—was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristocrat whose aimlessness in early life belied a remarkable strategic mind.
Master storyteller Ben Macintyre’s most ambitious work to
date brings to life the twentieth century’s greatest spy
story.
Kim Philby was the greatest spy in history, a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain’s counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War—while he was secretly working for the enemy.
Kim Philby was the greatest spy in history, a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain’s counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War—while he was secretly working for the enemy.
In Double Cross, New York Times bestselling
author Ben Macintyre returns with the untold story of one of the
greatest deceptions of World War II, and of the extraordinary spies
who achieved it.
On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties.
On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties.
Ben Macintyre’s Agent Zigzag was hailed as
“rollicking, spellbinding” (New York Times),
“wildly improbable but entirely true” (Entertainment
Weekly), and, quite simply, “the best book ever
written” (Boston Globe).
Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a
philanderer. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents
Britain has ever produced. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty;
inside the villain was a hero. The problem for Chapman, his
spymasters, and his lovers was to know where one persona ended and
the other began.
