Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy

"Kuczynski's remarkable life is the subject of Ben Macintyre's latest book, a biography-cum-history that comes with a gripping narrative, a beguiling protagonist and a sensational denouement."

"Using prodigious research from MI5 and Bundesarchiv files, along with family documents and the cooperation of her children, Macintyre has written an insightful portrait of an amazing life ..."

"In his latest entertaining nonfiction spy thriller, Macintyre tracks Sonya's numerous audacious exploits during her prolific career."

"Macintyre's exhaustively detailed and consistently fascinating account of this amazing woman's life may force us to realign our predilection for clearly delineated hero-versus-villain judgments."

"temperate judgments add value to Agent Sonya, a fascinating portrait of a Soviet spy who never recanted her belief in communism, even as the system for which she had risked her life disintegrated."

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

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

"Sonya excused brutalities far too lightly, and never disavowed the faith."

"Macintyre's richly detailed account, though a bit ponderous at times, shines a new light on two of WWII's most notorious spy rings."