Owen Matthews studied Modern History at Oxford and began his career as a foreign correspondent in Budapest, Sarajevo and Belgrade during the Bosnian civil war.

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An Impeccable Spy

Name: An Impeccable Spy
Author: Owen Matthews

Richard Sorge, Stalin's Master Agent

Gebonden Engels 2020 1e druk 9781408857816

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'The most formidable spy in history' - IAN FLEMING'

His work was impeccable' - KIM PHILBY

'The spy to end spies' - JOHN LE CARRE

Born of a German father and a Russian mother, Richard Sorge moved in a world of shifting alliances and infinite possibility. In the years leading up to and during the Second World War, he became a fanatical communist - and the Soviet Union's most formidable spy. Combining charm with ruthless manipulation, he infiltrated and influenced the highest echelons of German, Chinese and Japanese society.

His intelligence proved pivotal to the Soviet counter-offensive in the Battle of Moscow, which in turn determined the outcome of the war itself. Drawing on a wealth of declassified Soviet archives, this is a major biography of one of the greatest spies who ever lived.

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ISBN13:9781408857816

Trefwoorden:spionage

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:gebonden

Aantal pagina's:437

Uitgever:Bloomsbury Publishing

Druk:1

Verschijningsdatum:3-3-2020

Hoofdrubriek:Geschiedenis

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Owen Matthews studied Modern History at Oxford and began his career as a foreign correspondent in Budapest, Sarajevo and Belgrade during the Bosnian civil war. He was Newsweek's Moscow Bureau Chief from 2006-2012. He has worked for a number of publications including the Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Observer, Independent and Spectator. His acclaimed family memoir, Stalin's Children, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Orwell Prize and was selected as one of their Books of the Year by the Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph and Spectator. His biography of Soviet agent Richard Sorge – An Impeccable Spy – was published in 2019 to great acclaim. Owen Matthews lives just outside Oxford.