The Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller on the incredible true story of WW2's most infamous Nazi prison, and the colourful characters behind its walls
In a forbidding Gothic castle on a hilltop in the heart of Nazi Germany, an unlikely band of British officers spent the Second World War plotting daring escapes from their German captors. Or so the story of Colditz has gone, unchallenged for 70 years. But that tale contains only part of the truth.
The astonishing inside story, revealed for the first time in this instant bestseller by historian Ben Macintyre, is a tale of the indomitable human spirit, but also one of class conflict, homosexuality, espionage, insanity and farce. Through an astonishing range of material, Macintyre reveals a remarkable cast of characters, wider than previously seen and hitherto hidden from history, taking in prisoners and captors who were living cheek-by-jowl in a thrilling game of cat and mouse.
From the elitist members of the Colditz Bullingdon Club to America's oldest paratrooper and least successful secret agent, the soldier-prisoners of Colditz were courageous and resilient as well as vulnerable and fearful -- and astonishingly imaginative in their desperate escape attempts. Deeply researched and full of incredible human stories, this is the definitive book on Colditz.
'His best book yet' The Times
'Thrilling . . . Macintyre will have you hooked to her life's every twist and turn' Times / Sunday Times Books of the Year
'Macintyre has found a real-life heroine worthy of his gifts as John le Carré's nonfiction counterpart' New York Times
THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF WW2'S MOST EXTRAORDINARY SPY - FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR
From planning an assassination attempt on Hitler in Switzerland, to spying on the Japanese in Manchuria, to preventing nuclear war (or so she believed) by stealing the science of atomic weaponry from Britain to give to Moscow, Ursula Kuczynski Burton conducted some of the most dangerous espionage operations of the twentieth century.
Born to a German Jewish family, as Ursula grew, so did the Nazis' power. A fanatical opponent of the fascism that ravaged her homeland, she was drawn to communism as a young woman, motivated by the promise of a fair and peaceful society. She eventually became a spymaster, saboteur, bomb-maker and secret agent.
In Agent Sonya, Britain's most acclaimed historian vividly reveals the fascinating tale of a life that would change the course of history. Classic Ben Macintyre - a gripping ride, based on meticulous research, that reads like a novel - this is the greatest spy story never told.
'This book is classic Ben Macintyre . . . quirky human details enliven every page' Clare Mulley, Spectator
'Spins gloriously through one of the most extraordinary private lives of the twentieth century' Tony Rennell, Daily Mail Book of the Week
'She is the strongest character of all in Macintyre's bestselling series of wartime tales . . . I raced through the pages to keep up with the plot' Julian Glover, Evening Standard
'This impeccably researched account of her double life spans continents and is brilliantly compelling' Sunday Mirror
Kim Philby podwójny agent, czarujący intelektualista i bezwzględny oszust w jednej osobie zdradzał Rosjanom szczegóły wszystkich najważniejszych tajnych operacji prowadzonych przez aliantów w pierwszych latach zimnej wojny. W okresie bezpośrednio po II wojnie światowej Philby, Nicholas Elliott i James Jesus Angleton należeli do grona wschodzących gwiazd na firmamencie brytyjskich i amerykańskich tajnych służb, osób, które miały dostęp do wszelkiego rodzaju tajemnic. Elliott i Angleton żyli w przekonaniu, że znają Philby'ego jak nikt inny po czym ze zdumieniem odkryli, że nie mieli pojęcia, kim był naprawdę.Oto opowieść o lojalności, zaufaniu i zdradzie, przynależności klasowej i sumieniu, o wykuwaniu się wyjątkowej męskiej przyjaźni i jej niszczeniu.Ben Macintyre, mając dostęp do niedawno odtajnionych i nigdy wcześniej niepublikowanych dokumentów MI5, ujawnia szczegóły tego, co należy uznać za ostatnią wielką tajemnicę zimnej wojny.
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