{"product_id":"agent-sonya-ben-macintyre-9780593136324","title":"Agent Sonya: The Spy Next Door","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - The \"master storyteller\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) behind the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Spy and the Traitor\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the true story behind one of the Cold War's most intrepid spies. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[An] immensely exciting, fast-moving account.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben MacIntyre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593136322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593136324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.95d","brand":"Ben MacIntyre","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053965832447,"sku":"9780593136324","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2063e01e-a7d7-4da8-9036-b051671b974c.jpg?v=1685027239","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/agent-sonya-ben-macintyre-9780593136324","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}