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Agent Sonya

Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy

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Agent Sonya

Auteur(s): Ben Macintyre
Narrateur(s): Ben Macintyre
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “master storyteller” (San Francisco Chronicle) behind the New York Times bestseller The Spy and the Traitor uncovers the true story behind one of the Cold War’s most intrepid spies.

“[An] immensely exciting, fast-moving account.”—The Washington Post


ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Foreign Affairs, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal

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.

With unparalleled access to Sonya’s diaries and correspondence and never-before-seen information on her clandestine activities, Ben Macintyre has conjured a page-turning history of a legendary secret agent, a woman who influenced the course of the Cold War and helped plunge the world into a decades-long standoff between nuclear superpowers.
Idéologies et doctrines Militaire Moderne Politique True Crime XXe siècle Espionnage Union soviétique Impérialisme Russie Socialisme Guerre Mariage Chine Japon impérial Village Autodétermination

Ce que les critiques en disent

“[Ben] Macintyre at once exalts and subverts the myths of spy craft.”The New Yorker

“Macintyre is fastidious about tradecraft details. . . . [He] has become the preeminent popular chronicler of British intelligence history because he understands the essence of the business.”—David Ignatius, The Washington Post

“Macintyre writes with novelistic flair.”Entertainment Weekly

“Macintyre is a superb writer, with an eye for the telling detail as fine as any novelist’s.”The Dallas Morning News

“Macintyre is one of the most gifted espionage writers around.”—Annie Jacobsen, author of Area 51 and Operation Paperclip

“Macintyre writes with the diligence and insight of a journalist, and the panache of a born storyteller.”—John Banville, The Guardian (UK)

“With Macintyre in charge, you’re virtually guaranteed a history book that reads like a spy novel.”Richmond Times-Dispatch

“A scrupulous and insightful writer—a master historian.”—Alan Furst, author of Mission to Paris

“Macintyre is a master at leading the reader down some very tortuous paths while ensuring they never lose their bearings.”Evening Standard (UK)

“Macintyre . . . has that enviable gift, the inability to write a dull sentence.”The Spectator (UK)
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The fictional characters of Le Carré, Flemming, or Deighton have nothing on the real life characters that MacIntyre brings to life in his books. Agent Sonya has now taken her place in my growing library of MacIntyre's books next to Oleg Gordievsky, Paddy Mayne, Kim Philby, and Major Martin. Can't wait for his next book, and I don't care what it will be.

Another tour de force by Macintyre

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His books almost read like novels. He paints a well delineated picture of the spies, their life and times. You get the full context and the jeopardy. Spies are very singular courageous people, who put their lives on the line to support their beliefs about how society to operate.

Macintyre Is the King of writing about spies

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Suspenseful, consuming, and educational at the same time. A romp through some of the most interesting history of the mid-20th century

Fantasy

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While I don't sympathize with Sonya and her life choices, I absolutely admire her resolve and determination. The story itself is amazing and it grabbed me from the beginning to the very end. It made me aware of historic facts I did not know previously. Overall I consider it to be a very well told life story and not simply a spy novel. I couldn't recommend it enough to anyone even remotely interested in 20th century history.

Exceptional story

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Incredible true story, reads like a spy thriller! In addition to what the other reviewers have said I will add that I am not a student of communist or Soviet or WW2 History, and have at best a passing knowledge. The author does a great job circling back to remind the reader of the importance of other actors without derailing rhe pace of the narrative.

I immediately searched for more from Ben MacIntyre

Couldn't Stop Listening

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