I Spied for Stalin by Nora Murray
A young woman's account of her forbidden love and valiant escape from Stalin's Soviet madness. Nora's father, Director General of the Soviet Foreign Office, is purged by Stalin. Now alone, forced to spy on foreign diplomats and falling in love, she's imprisoned. Her target John Murray a British Embassy code reader, achieves her release.
Times Literary Supplement: The real story is in the simple, graphic and almost entirely persuasive account of her observations as a member of a highly privileged caste in Soviet societyOxford Mail: A woman of infinite ingenuity, persistence and great courage. The book would make an admirable film on the lines of "Odette". Yorkshire Observer: As a work of fiction one would have regarded it as highly exciting and admirably constructed. Yet, astonishingly, every word is true. Yorkshire Evening Press: How she fell in love and married the man she was forced to spy on is admirably told, but nothing could be more thrilling than her ultimate escape from the secret police. Yorkshire Post: Told with a simplicity that carries conviction, and with a narrative skill that makes it as absorbing as any novel. Aberdeen Express: A remarkable story of personal courage. The revelations are grim and often terrifying. Birmingham Gazette: A curious story, dramatic, moving and always interesting. Cambridge Daily News: A curious human story. Good Housekeeper: Told without melodrama or hysterics and indeed with a calmness and sympathy that is surprising. The story is of an immensely courageous woman.
Nora's metier was writing and as such she felt at one with the tools of that trade. Forever writing letters and making entries in her diary, a consummate Lady of Letters, her book would allow her to express her distaste for totalitarian regimes and the love of Mother Russia. Nora was a bubbly intelligent optimist who throughout her life would find the best in people. With her indomitable Russian spirit she would never take 'no' for an answer; enabling her, in overcoming insurmountable obstacles, to escape and survive the devastations of her war torn country.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781912031696 |
| ISBN 10 | 1912031698 |
| Title | I Spied for Stalin |
| Author | Nora Murray |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | GB Publishing Org |
| Year published | 2017-04-28 |
| Number of pages | 276 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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