Agent Sonya
Author: Macintyre, Ben
ISBN: 9780241986950
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 01 Jun 2021
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback / softback
The incredible story behind the greatest female spy in history from one of BritainP#39;s best historians, now in paperback
Ursula Kuczynski Burton was a spymaster, saboteur, bomb-maker and secret agent. Codenamed P#39;Agent SonyaP#39;, her story has never been told - until now.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Born to a German Jewish family, as Ursula grew, so did the NazisP#39; power. As a fanatical opponent of the fascism that ravaged her homeland, Ursula was drawn to communism as a young woman, motivated by the promise of a fair and peaceful society.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;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 conducted some of the most dangerous espionage operations of the twentieth century.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;In Plt;iPgt;Agent SonyaPlt;/iPgt;, BritainP#39;s most acclaimed historianPlt;bPgt; Plt;/bPgt;Ben Macintyre delivers an exhilarating tale thatP#39;s as fast-paced as any fiction. It is the incredible story of one spyP#39;s life, a life that would alter the course of history . . .
ISBN: 9780241986950
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 01 Jun 2021
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback / softback
The incredible story behind the greatest female spy in history from one of BritainP#39;s best historians, now in paperback
Ursula Kuczynski Burton was a spymaster, saboteur, bomb-maker and secret agent. Codenamed P#39;Agent SonyaP#39;, her story has never been told - until now.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Born to a German Jewish family, as Ursula grew, so did the NazisP#39; power. As a fanatical opponent of the fascism that ravaged her homeland, Ursula was drawn to communism as a young woman, motivated by the promise of a fair and peaceful society.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;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 conducted some of the most dangerous espionage operations of the twentieth century.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;In Plt;iPgt;Agent SonyaPlt;/iPgt;, BritainP#39;s most acclaimed historianPlt;bPgt; Plt;/bPgt;Ben Macintyre delivers an exhilarating tale thatP#39;s as fast-paced as any fiction. It is the incredible story of one spyP#39;s life, a life that would alter the course of history . . .
