{"product_id":"agent-sonya-book-ben-macintyre-9780593295106","title":"Agent Sonya","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\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49524414480657,"sku":"GOR011563978","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49564575006993,"sku":"GOR011541774","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49664571113745,"sku":"GOR013667848","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50355430228241,"sku":"CIN0593295102G","price":7.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51415998693649,"sku":"CIN0593295102VG","price":6.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0593295102.jpg?v=1751456104","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/agent-sonya-book-ben-macintyre-9780593295106","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}