Agent Sonya
By Macintyre, Ben,
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Agent Sonya :Moscow's most daring wartime spy

by
Macintyre, Ben,1963-. author.
Format
Book
Language
English (English)
Subjects
Werner, Ruth,1907-2000(DLC)n50002504
SpiesSoviet UnionBiography(DLC)sh2008112191
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Publisher and Date
New York :Crown, an imprint of Random House,[2020]
Edition
First Edition.
ISBN
9780593136300.
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0593136306.
Library of Congress Call Number
UB271.R9M29 2020
Geographic Area Code
e-ur---e-uk---e-ge---
Description
xviii, 377 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :illustrations, maps, portraits ;25 cm
Contents (as listed on item)
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System Control Number
(OCoLC)1143626728
Summary"The New York Times bestselling author of The Spy and the Traitor tells the thrilling true story of the most important female spy in history: an agent code-named "Sonya," who set the stage for the Cold War. In 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small cottage with her three children and her husband, who worked as a machinist nearby. Ursula Burton was friendly but reserved, and spoke English with a slight foreign accent. By all accounts, she seemed to be living a simple, unassuming life. Her neighbors in the village knew little about her. They didn't know that she was a high-ranking Soviet intelligence officer. They didn't know that her husband was also a spy, or that she was running powerful agents across Europe. Behind the facade of her picturesque life, Burton was a dedicated Communist, a Soviet colonel, and a veteran agent, gathering the scientific secrets that would enable the Soviet Union to build the bomb. This true-life spy story is a masterpiece about the woman code-named "Sonya." Over the course of her career, she was hunted by the Chinese, the Japanese, the Nazis, MI5, MI6, and the FBI-and she evaded them all. Her story reflects the great ideological clash of the twentieth century-between Communism, Fascism, and Western democracy-and casts new light on the spy battles and shifting allegiances of our own times. With unparalleled access to Sonya's diaries and correspondence and never-before-seen information on her clandestine activities, Ben Macintyre has conjured a page-turning history of a legendary secret agent, a woman who influenced the course of the Cold War and helped plunge the world into a decades-long standoff between nuclear superpowers."--Provided by publisher.
SummaryIn 1942, in a quiet village in the English Cotswolds, Ursula Burton was friendly but reserved, and spoke English with a slight foreign accent. Her unassuming life hid the fact that she was a high-ranking Soviet intelligence officer. Her husband was also a spy, and she was running powerful agents across Europe gathering the scientific secrets that would enable the Soviet Union to build the bomb. Macintyre tells the story of "Sonya," a woman who influenced the course of the Cold War and helped plunge the world into a decades-long standoff between nuclear superpowers. - adapted from jacket
Alternative TitleMoscow's most daring wartime spy
Online version:Online version:Macintyre, Ben,Agent SonyaFirst edition.New York : Crown, [2020]9780593136317(DLC) 2020019327
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