The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War Nick Drake Tales from Ovid

Tales from Ovid

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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War Nick Drake Tales from OvidA thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians. On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the heart of Moscow, holding a plastic carrier bag. In his grey suit and tie, he looked like any other Soviet citizen. The bag alone was mildly conspicuous, printed with the red logo of Safeway, the British supermarket. The man was a spy. A senior KGB officer, for more