The spy and the traitor the greatest espionage story of the Cold War

"Oleg Gordievsky was a spy like no other. The product of a KGB family and the best Soviet institutions, the savvy Russian eventually saw the lies and terrors of the regime for what they were, a realization that turned him irretrievably toward the West. His career eventually brought him to the h...

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Main Author: Macintyre, Ben, 1963- (Author)
Other Authors: Lee, John Rafter. (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: [Westminster, MD] : Books on Tape, [2018]
Edition: Unabridged.
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Summary: "Oleg Gordievsky was a spy like no other. The product of a KGB family and the best Soviet institutions, the savvy Russian eventually saw the lies and terrors of the regime for what they were, a realization that turned him irretrievably toward the West. His career eventually brought him to the highest post in the KGB's London station-but throughout that time he was secretly working for MI6, the British intelligence service"--Back cover.
Item Description: Title from container.
Compact disc.
Physical Description: 11 audio discs (13 hr., 21 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time: 13:21:00
ISBN: 9780525643821
0525643826
Author Notes: Ben Macintyre is writer-at-large and associate editor of the Times of London. He is the author of several books including Agent Zigzag, The Man Who Would Be King, The Englishman's Daughter, The Napoleon of Crime, Forgotten Fatherland, A Spy among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, and The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

(Bowker Author Biography)