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The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
by Ben MacintyreIf you liked The Spy and the Traitor, try these:
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by Helen Rappaport
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by Ben Macintyre
Published May 2015
Read ReviewsMaster storyteller Ben Macintyre's most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century's greatest spy story.
by Charles Cumming
Published Nov 2008
Read ReviewsAlec Milius is young, smart, and ambitious. He also has a talent for deception. He is working in a dead-end job when a chance encounter leads him to MI6, the elite British Secret Intelligence Service, handing him an opportunity to play center-stage in a dangerous game of espionage. In his new line of work, Alec finds that the difference between ...
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