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Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy

Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy

by Ben Macintyre

Crown ·2020 ·377 pages ·History
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Kui üks elegantne koduperenaine 1942. aastal vaikses Inglise linnakeses kodust väljus, teadsid naabrid, et pr Burton võiks minna näiteks perele toitu ostma. Tegelikult oli ta aga üks ajaloo suurimaid naisspioone, sünnipäraselt Ursula Kuczynski, koodnimega Sonja. Saksamaa juut, veendunud kommunist, Punaarmee polkovnik ja ülimalt osav luuraja, kes osales mitmes 20. sajandi ohtlikumas operatsioonis Mandžuuriast Šveitsini. "Agent Sonja" on põnev ülevaade ühe naise elust, mis liikus samas rütmis kommunismi tõusu ja langusega. Tunnustatud ajaloolase Ben Macintyre'i sulest on varem eesti keeles ilmunud "Spioon ja reetur".


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"This fast-paced historical account reads like a novel, with surprising twists and turns, and will thrill readers until the very last page."

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"In this must-read for fans of spy novels, truth becomes more exciting and astonishing than fiction."

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"Drawing from her diaries, correspondences, and extensive interviews with her two adult sons, the author crafts a narrative that serves as both an engrossing historical tale and a compassionate portrait of Sonya as a complex woman with distinctly modern sensibilities for her time ..."

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"She is the strongest character of all in Macintyre's bestselling series of wartime tales ..."

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