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Brought to you by Penguin. THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate, overlooking Hyde Park in London. There they took 26 hostages, including embassy staff, visitors, and three British citizens. A tense six-day...

Brought to you by Penguin. The year is 1981. Tehran is in violent turmoil in the wake of the Iranian Revolution. The Soviets are planning to overthrow the Ayatollah’s fledgling Islamist regime. If they do so, one response from America – unknown to the public – would be to use nuclear...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An exciting Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians and the ultimate gift for anyone who loves a good spy thriller! On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a...

Bloomsbury presents A Spy Among Friends written and read by Ben Macintyre. THE SUNDAY TIMES No. 1 BESTSELLER WITH AN AFTERWORD BY JOHN LE CARRÉ 'Riveting, astounding . . . An unputdownable postwar thriller' Observer 'Irresistibly readable' Sunday Times 'Worthy of John le Carré at his best'...

Bloomsbury presents Operation Mincemeat written and read by Ben Macintyre. THE SUNDAY TIMES NO 1. BESTSELLER 'Astonishing . . . Sheds riveting new light on this breathtaking plan' Daily Mail 'A rollicking read' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'Brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining' Malcolm...

Bloomsbury presents Double Cross written and read by Ben Macintyre. 'Addictive and deeply moving' Independent 'Utterly gripping' Anthony Beevor, Daily Telegraph 'Enthralling . . . A reminder that heroism can be found in the most unlikely places' Evening Standard 'I have seldom enjoyed a spy...

Brought to you by Penguin THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER Discover 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...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT BBC SERIES SAS: ROGUE HEROES, STARRING CONNOR SWINDELLS, JACK O'CONNELL, ALFIE ALLEN AND DOMINIC WEST In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, has a vision for a...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - AND PERFECT GIFT FOR HISTORY BUFFS! FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SAS: ROGUE HEROES Colditz Castle: a forbidding Gothic tower on a hill in Nazi Germany. You may have heard about the prisoners and their daring and desperate attempts to...

Bloomsbury presents Agent Zigzag written and read by Ben Macintyre. SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 'Engrossing as any thriller' Daily Telegraph 'Superb. Meticulously researched, splendidly told, immensely entertaining' John le Carré 'This is the most amazing book, full of fascinating...

Bloomsbury presents For Your Eyes Only, written and read by Ben Macintyre The official history of Ian Fleming and James Bond by the bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat 'Marvellously entertaining and informative' Spectator 'Thrilling' Sunday Times 'An entertaining mix of history, espionage...

Bloomsbury presents Forgotten Fatherland, written and read by Ben Macintyre 'Startling, dark and absorbing' Independent 'Excellent travel writing: vivid, sympathetic, humorous' Guardian 'Fascinating, provocative and highly eccentric' New York Times _______________________ In 1886 Elisabeth...

Bloomsbury presents The Last Word, written and read by Ben Macintyre 'A sprinkling of delightful nuggets about the uses and abuses of the English Language' Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year '[There are] myriad delights in Ben Macintyre's musings on language' The Times, Books of the Year...

Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty; inside the villain was a hero. The problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and his lovers was to know where...

En un imponente castillo gótico situado en la cima de una colina, en el corazón de la Alemania nazi, un variopinto grupo de oficia les aliados pasó la segunda guerra mundial intentando escapar de sus captores nazis. Durante cuatro años estos prisioneros pusieron a prueba los muros de Colditz...

Sur les hauteurs d'une colline, au coeur de l'Allemagne nazie, se dresse un imposant château gothique, magnifique et monstrueux. Dans ce colossal labyrinthe de pierre sont parqués les « ennemis n°1 » d'Hitler, 200 officiers haut gradés aux multiples nationalités. Tout au long de leur longue et éprouvante captivité dans l'enceinte ultrasécurisée de Colditz, ces « incorrigibles » n'auront qu'une seule obsession : s'évader.

Oleg Gordijewskis Weg in den sowjetischen Geheimdienst war ihm als Sohn zweier KGB-Agenten in die Wiege gelegt. Da er Deutsch konnte, brachte ihn eine seiner ersten Anstellungen nach Berlin, wo er den Bau der Mauer hautnah mitbekam – es sollte sich als eines von vielen Ereignissen erweisen, die seinen Glauben an den Kommunismus zerrütteten.

En frostklar vinterdag i januar 1966 lander en ung russisk diplomat og hans kone i København. Mandens navn er Oleg Gordijevskij, og officielt er han ansat ved den sovjetiske ambassade. Men i virkeligheden er han KGB-officer, toptrænet i spionage mod vesten. Sådan begynder et ekstraordinært kapitel af spionagens historie. Opholdet i Danmark og mødet med vestlig kultur sætter et ideologisk skred i gang i Gordijevskij, som ender med at "hoppe af" til vesten.

Ursula Kuczynski wuchs in einer großbürgerlichen jüdischen Familie in Berlin-Schlachtensee auf. In New York bewegte sie sich in den besten Kreisen. Sie hatte Affären, war mehrmals verheiratet und hatte Kinder. Doch ihre große, wahre Liebe galt dem Kommunismus. Ihm diente sie als Saboteurin, Bombenbauerin und Geheimagentin. Ihr Codename: »Agent Sonja«.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The epic true story of Kim Philby, the Cold War’s most infamous spy, from the “master storyteller” (San Francisco Chronicle) and author of Prisoners of the Castle. Now an MGM+ series starring Damian Lewis, Guy Pearce, and Anna Maxwell Martin “[A Spy Among...