{"product_id":"the-sapphire-affair-fergus-mason-9781629176406","title":"The Sapphire Affair: The True Story Behind Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe truth is stranger than fiction \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn October 1962 it looked to millions of people like the politicians of the United States and Russia were determined to push the other across the fatal line of launching a nuclear strike. The fate of the world hung on Cuba, a troubled island state in the Caribbean.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoven through the dramatic events in and around Cuba was a quieter but perhaps equally dangerous scandal - an enormous, deeply embedded network of Soviet spies at the heart of the NATO alliance. A senior KGB defector had revealed that his agency had penetrated the highest levels of the French government, military, and intelligence services - but when a French agent tried to act he found himself blocked at every turn by his own superiors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlfred Hitchcock was so impressed by the fictional novel about the events (Topaz by Leon Uris) that he decided to adapt it into a movie. But fiction, as is often the case, only got half of the story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book tells the remarkable true account of one of the greatest espionage scandals to rock the Cold War.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fergus Mason\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1629176400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781629176406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Minute Help, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.26d","brand":"Fergus Mason","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44067900817663,"sku":"9781629176406","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_53004d15-72fa-469e-b3e7-bac110fcc12e.jpg?v=1685415928","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sapphire-affair-fergus-mason-9781629176406","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}