Ben Macintyre 5 Books Collection Set - Non Fiction - Paperback/Hardback

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The bag alone was mildly conspicuous, printed with the red logo of Safeway, the British supermarket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe man was a spy. A senior KGB officer, for more than a decade he had supplied his British spymasters with a stream of priceless secrets from deep within the Soviet intelligence machine. No spy had done more to damage the KGB. The Safeway bag was a signal: to activate his escape plan to be smuggled out of Soviet Russia. So began one of the boldest and most extraordinary episodes in the history of spying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBen Macintyre reveals a tale of espionage, betrayal and raw courage that changed the course of the Cold War forever . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgent Sonya\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn 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. 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Heroes and bullies, lovers and spies, captors and prisoners living cheek-by-jowl for years in a thrilling game of cat and mouse - and all determined to escape by any means necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeeply researched and full of incredible stories, this is a tale of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances - and will change how you think about Colditz forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Siege (Hardback)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eOn April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate, overlooking Hyde Park in London. 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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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eIn 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 new kind of war: attacking the enemy where they least expect it - from behind their own lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the intense opposition of many in British High Command, Winston Churchill personally gives Stirling permission to recruit the toughest, brightest and most ruthless soldiers he can find. And so begins the most celebrated and mysterious military organisation in the world: the SAS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith unprecedented access to the SAS secret files, unseen footage and exclusive interviews with its founder members, SAS: Rogue Heroes tells the remarkable story behind an extraordinary fighting force, and the immense cost of making it a reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColditz\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eColditz 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 escape, but that's only part of the real story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle, bestselling historian Ben Macintyre takes us inside the walls of the most infamous prison in history to meet the real men behind the legends. Heroes and bullies, lovers and spies, captors and prisoners living cheek-by-jowl for years in a thrilling game of cat and mouse - and all determined to escape by any means necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeeply researched and full of incredible stories, this is a tale of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances - and will change how you think about Colditz forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Siege (Hardback)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tense six-day siege ensued as millions gathered around screens across the country to witness the longest news flash in British television history, in which police negotiators and psychiatrists sought a bloodless end to the standoff, while the SAS – hitherto an organisation shrouded in secrecy – laid plans for a daring rescue mission: Operation Nimrod.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on unpublished source material, exclusive interviews with the SAS, and testimony from witnesses including hostages, negotiators, intelligence officers and the on-site psychiatrist, bestselling historian Ben Macintyre takes readers on a gripping journey from the years and weeks of build-up on both sides, to the minute-by-minute account of the siege and rescue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecreating the dramatic conversations between negotiators and hostages, the cutting-edge intelligence work happening behind-the-scenes, and the media frenzy around this moment of international significance, The Siege is the remarkable story of what really happened on those fateful six days, and the first full account of a moment that forever changed the way the nation thought about the SAS – and itself.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}