{"product_id":"agent-sonya-the-spy-next-door-9780593136324","title":"Agent Sonya: The Spy Next Door","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - The \"master storyteller\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) behind the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Spy and the Traitor\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the true story behind one of the Cold War's most intrepid spies. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[An] immensely exciting, fast-moving account.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small cottage with her three children and her husband, who worked as a machinist nearby. Ursula Burton was friendly but reserved, and spoke English with a slight foreign accent. By all accounts, she seemed to be living a simple, unassuming life. Her neighbors in the village knew little about her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey didn't know that she was a high-ranking Soviet intelligence officer. They didn't know that her husband was also a spy, or that she was running powerful agents across Europe. Behind the facade of her picturesque life, Burton was a dedicated Communist, a Soviet colonel, and a veteran agent, gathering the scientific secrets that would enable the Soviet Union to build the bomb. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis true-life spy story is a masterpiece about the woman code-named \"Sonya.\" Over the course of her career, she was hunted by the Chinese, the Japanese, the Nazis, MI5, MI6, and the FBI--and she evaded them all. Her story reflects the great ideological clash of the twentieth century--between Communism, Fascism, and Western democracy--and casts new light on the spy battles and shifting allegiances of our own times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith unparalleled access to Sonya's diaries and correspondence and never-before-seen information on her clandestine activities, Ben Macintyre has conjured a page-turning history of a legendary secret agent, a woman who influenced the course of the Cold War and helped plunge the world into a decades-long standoff between nuclear superpowers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Macintyre\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer-at-large for \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e(U.K.) and the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Spy and the Traitor, A Spy Among Friends, Double Cross, Operation Mincemeat, Agent Zigzag, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRogue Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. Macintyre has also written and presented BBC documentaries of his work.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50605978812690,"sku":"9780593136324","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_07c6b03b-b929-4223-991d-67482c0a70e9.jpg?v=1732286491","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/agent-sonya-the-spy-next-door-9780593136324","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}