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The Resource Agent Sonya : Moscow's most daring wartime spy, Ben Macintyre, (large print)

Agent Sonya : Moscow's most daring wartime spy, Ben Macintyre, (large print)

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"In 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small cottage with her three children and her husband, who worked as a machinist nearby. Ursula Burton was friendly but reserved, and spoke English with a slight foreign accent. By all accounts, she seemed to be living a simple, unassuming life. Her neighbors in the village knew little about her. They didn't know that she was a high-ranking Soviet intelligence officer. They didn't know that her husband was also a spy, or that she was running powerful agents across Europe. Behind the facade of her picturesque life, Burton was a dedicated Communist, a Soviet colonel, and a veteran agent, gathering the scientific secrets that would enable the Soviet Union to build the bomb. This true-life spy story is a masterpiece about the woman code-named "Sonya." Over the course of her career, she was hunted by the Chinese, the Japanese, the Nazis, MI5, MI6, and the FBI--and she evaded them all. Her story reflects the great ideological clash of the twentieth century--between Communism, Fascism, and Western democracy--and casts new light on the spy battles and shifting allegiances of our own times."--
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
582 pages (large print)
Isbn
9780593295106
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Agent Sonya : Moscow's most daring wartime spy
Title
Agent Sonya : Moscow's most daring wartime spy
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Ben Macintyre
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"In 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small cottage with her three children and her husband, who worked as a machinist nearby. Ursula Burton was friendly but reserved, and spoke English with a slight foreign accent. By all accounts, she seemed to be living a simple, unassuming life. Her neighbors in the village knew little about her. They didn't know that she was a high-ranking Soviet intelligence officer. They didn't know that her husband was also a spy, or that she was running powerful agents across Europe. Behind the facade of her picturesque life, Burton was a dedicated Communist, a Soviet colonel, and a veteran agent, gathering the scientific secrets that would enable the Soviet Union to build the bomb. This true-life spy story is a masterpiece about the woman code-named "Sonya." Over the course of her career, she was hunted by the Chinese, the Japanese, the Nazis, MI5, MI6, and the FBI--and she evaded them all. Her story reflects the great ideological clash of the twentieth century--between Communism, Fascism, and Western democracy--and casts new light on the spy battles and shifting allegiances of our own times."--
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Amazon.com
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TOH
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1963-
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Macintyre, Ben
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Werner, Ruth
  • Spies
  • Spies
  • Espionage, Soviet
  • Nuclear weapons
  • Soviet Union
  • Cold War
  • Women spies
  • Spies
  • Large type books
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Agent Sonya : Moscow's most daring wartime spy, Ben Macintyre, (large print)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Control code
on1181847412
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
582 pages (large print)
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9780593295106
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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  • n
Specific material designation
large print
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(OCoLC)1181847412
Label
Agent Sonya : Moscow's most daring wartime spy, Ben Macintyre, (large print)
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1181847412
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
582 pages (large print)
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9780593295106
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Specific material designation
large print
System control number
(OCoLC)1181847412

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