- Audiobook
- 2019
- 16 hrs 46 mins
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- History
Title
An Impeccable Spy
Description
Bloomsbury presents An Impeccable Spy by Owen Matthews, read by Mike Grady.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PUSHKIN HOUSE PRIZE
'The most formidable spy in history' IAN FLEMING
'His work was impeccable' KIM PHILBY
'The spy to end spies' JOHN LE CARRÉ
Born of a German father and a Russian mother, Richard Sorge moved in a world of shifting alliances and infinite possibility. In the years leading up to and during the Second World War, he became a fanatical communist – and the Soviet Union's most formidable spy.
Combining charm with ruthless manipulation, he infiltrated and influenced the highest echelons of German, Chinese and Japanese society. His intelligence proved pivotal to the Soviet counter-offensive in the Battle of Moscow, which in turn determined the outcome of the war itself.
Drawing on a wealth of declassified Soviet archives, this is a major biography of one of the greatest spies who ever lived.
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An Impeccable Spy
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Language:
EN
ISBN Audio:
9781526617071
Publication date:
October 2, 2019
Keywords:
double agentSoviet UnionWorld War II history second world war historyTrue StorybiographyspiesEspionagesecret intelligence serviceSpy ringtraitorscambridge fivestate secretsRussiaJohn le CarréKGBstalinCasanovaCold WarOperation BarbarossaMI5George SmileyOctober revolutionbolshevismLeninMotherlandMaxwell knight
Duration
16 hrs 46 mins
Product type
AUDIO
Explicit:
No
Audio drama:
No
Unabridged:
Yes
About the author:
Owen Matthews studied Modern History at Oxford University before beginning his career as a journalist in Bosnia. He has written for the Moscow Times, The Times, the Spectator and the Independent. In 1997, he became a correspondent at Newsweek magazine in Moscow where he covered the second Chechen war, Afghanistan, Iraq and the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. His first book on Russian history, Stalin's Children, was translated into twenty-eight languages and shortlisted for The Guardian First Books Award and France's Prix Médicis.
