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Agent Sonya

By Ben Macintyre

Moscow’s Most Daring Wartime Spy. Crown, 2020.

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Agent Sonya

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The twisting tale of Ursula Kuczynski, code name “Sonya,” a German communist who worked as one of the Soviet Union’s most successful spies while evading the authorities in Britain, China, Poland and Switzerland, all who underestimated her at every turn on the basis of her sex.

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Who should read Agent Sonya

Thrill seekers • historians • political enthusiasts • lovers of a great tale • John le Carré fans

About the author of Agent Sonya

Ben Macintyre is an author, columnist and journalist from the UK whose previous spy history books include Double Cross (2012) and A Spy Among Friends (2014), for which he won the Spear’s Book Award. He is an associate editor with The Times and a history graduate of St John’s College, Cambridge.

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