Description: THE HOUSEWIFE WHO WAS A TOP SOVIET SPY BEN MACINTYRE, A SEASONED BRITISH AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST, has established an international reputation with his best-selling books and TV documentaries about wartime spying operations that were often little-known until he started digging into them. With this book he tells the astonishing story of Ursula Burton, the quietly reserved but friendly woman who lived with her husband and three kids in the bucolic English Cotswolds. The thin, elegant woman who spoke with a sight accent was no ordinary housewife in the England of 1945. She was a high-ranking Soviet spy, a Red Army colonel, a dedicated communist, and she was running a network of agents across Europe. She was collecting secrets that would enable the Soviets to build a nuclear bomb. Her code-name was Sonya INTELLIGENCE SERVICES OF MANY COUNTRIES TRIED TO CATCH SONYA. She evaded them all. Ben Macintyre tells her amazing and fascinating story against a background of the ideological battles of our times. His writing reflects the profound knowledge he has of international espionage and again demonstrates his ability to blend deep research with narrative skills. The First Edition on offer here is is fine condition with clean, crisp and unmarked pages. The binding is firm and square and the intact dust-jacket has not been price-clipped. We have protected the dust-jacket with a removable Brodart plastic cover. There are no signs of previous ownership such as an inscription or bookplate. The book has numerous black-and-white and color photographs and, in addition to a general index, there are source notes and a bibliography. It is a nice copy. Publisher: Crown ISBN: 978-0-593-13630-0 Non-Fiction: History & Biography ++ All books sold by Mackie Books are packaged in bubble-sheets to guard against damage from accidental bumping during shipping. This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box. + Click here to see other listings by Mackie Books on eBay, including American and international classics. + We ship internationally through eBay's Global Shipping Program. + We like to get books to you in the condition described above. This means careful packaging - our specialty. + We use recycled material for packaging whenever possible - and we ask our friends to do this too! + Do the unimportant stuff later. Read a book today.
Price: 16.5 USD
Location: Sausalito, California
End Time: 2025-01-31T07:04:47.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Book Title: Agent Sonya
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Female Russian Spy, World War II
Item Height: 9.5 in.
Item Width: 1.5 in.
Number of Pages: 377
Format: Hardcover
Inscribed: No
Type: Historical Account
Features: Brodart Plastic Cover, ISBN: 978-0-593-13630-0, 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Illustrator: Photographs
Vintage: No
Author: Ben Macintyre
Personalized: No
Publication Year: 2020
Item Length: 6.5 in.
Language: English
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Signed: No
Publisher: Crown
Genre: Espionage, Action, History
Era: 1940s
