THE SPY & THE TRAITOR by BEN MACINTYRE (True-Life Espionage) Paperback -2019

GREATEST ESPIONAGE STORY OF THE COLD WARBEN MACINTYRE, A SEASONED BRITISH AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST, has established an international reputation with his best-selling books and TV documentaries about spying operations - notably during World War II - that were little-known until he started digging into them.  With this book he brings his readers into the Cold War with the remarkable story of Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB shining star who was really working for the West.There has never been another spy like Gordievsky.  He was the son of a respected KGB family and was educated at the best schools in the Soviet Union.  He was on a fast track, rising to a plum posting in the KGB's London station.  But, disillusioned, he turned toward the West and provided information of immense value.  And while he was doing that a top American spy was secretly working for the Soviets.THE PAPERBACK ON OFFER HERE IS IN VERY NICE CONDITION with clean, crisp and unmarked pages.  It may have been been read once - but gently so. The binding is firm and square.  There are no signs of previous ownership such as an inscription or bookplate.  The book has numerous black-and-white and color photographs and, in addition to a general index, there is a select a bibliography. The doyen of spy novelists, John le Carré, said about this book: "The best spy story I have ever read".Publisher: Broadway Books              ISBN: 978-1-101-90421-3          Non-Fiction: Espionage History++ All books sold by Mackie Books are carefully packaged. This book will be shipped protected in cardboard.+  Click here to look at other listings by Mackie Books on eBay, including numerous leather-bound books from The Easton Press and The Franklin Library, boxed editions from The Heritage Press and books from other publishers of high quality editions.  Something for all interests.+  We ship internationally through eBay's Global Shipping Program.+ The illustrations on Mackie Books listings are all from the books on sale and are not stock illustrations.+  Relax with a book.  Do the unimportant stuff tomorrow or sometime.  Guard your health.