![]() ![]() Ben Macintyre reveals a tale of espionage, betrayal and raw courage that changed the course of the Cold War forever. So began one of the boldest and most extraordinary episodes in the history of spying. The Safeway bag was a signal: to activate his escape plan to be smuggled out of Soviet Russia. 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. ![]() The bag alone was mildly conspicuous, printed with the red logo of Safeway, the British supermarket. In his grey suit and tie, he looked like any other Soviet citizen. ![]() 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. This item: The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War 6279 + A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal 5478 + Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies 3627 Total Price: Add all three to Cart Some of these items dispatch sooner than the others. This item: The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre Paperback 22.00 Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War by Ben Macintyre Paperback 22. 'THE BEST TRUE SPY STORY I HAVE EVER READ' JOHN LE CARREĪ thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians *Shortlisted for the 2018 Ballie Gifford Prize* The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War ![]()
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