An Impeccable Spy
Richard Sorge, Stalin's Master Agent
1st Edition
Published on 21. March 2019
448 pages
978-1-4088-5780-9 (ISBN)
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE PUSHKIN HOUSE PRIZE
'The most formidable spy in history' IAN FLEMING
'His work was impeccable' KIM PHILBY
'The spy to end spies' JOHN LE CARRÉ
Born of a German father and a Russian mother, Richard Sorge moved in a world of shifting alliances and infinite possibility. In the years leading up to and during the Second World War, he became a fanatical communist - and the Soviet Union's most formidable spy.
Combining charm with ruthless manipulation, he infiltrated and influenced the highest echelons of German, Chinese and Japanese society. His intelligence proved pivotal to the Soviet counter-offensive in the Battle of Moscow, which in turn determined the outcome of the war itself.
Drawing on a wealth of declassified Soviet archives, this is a major biography of one of the greatest spies who ever lived.
'The most formidable spy in history' IAN FLEMING
'His work was impeccable' KIM PHILBY
'The spy to end spies' JOHN LE CARRÉ
Born of a German father and a Russian mother, Richard Sorge moved in a world of shifting alliances and infinite possibility. In the years leading up to and during the Second World War, he became a fanatical communist - and the Soviet Union's most formidable spy.
Combining charm with ruthless manipulation, he infiltrated and influenced the highest echelons of German, Chinese and Japanese society. His intelligence proved pivotal to the Soviet counter-offensive in the Battle of Moscow, which in turn determined the outcome of the war itself.
Drawing on a wealth of declassified Soviet archives, this is a major biography of one of the greatest spies who ever lived.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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978-1-4088-5780-9 (9781408857809)
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Owen Matthews studied Modern History at Oxford University before beginning his career as a journalist in Bosnia. He has written for the Moscow Times, The Times, the Spectator and the Independent. In 1997, he became a correspondent at Newsweek magazine in Moscow where he covered the second Chechen war, Afghanistan, Iraq and the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. His first book on Russian history, Stalin's Children, was translated into twenty-eight languages and shortlisted for The Guardian First Books Award and France's Prix Médicis.
Content
- Cover
- Praise Page
- A Note on the Author
- Also by Owen Matthews
- Title Page
- Contents
- Prologue: 'Siberians!'
- Introduction
- 1 'From the Schoolhouse to the Slaughter Block'
- 2 Among the Revolutionaries
- 3 'A Fanatic Riff-Raff from a Ruined Century'
- 4 Shanghai Days
- 5 The Manchurian Incident
- 6 Have You Considered Tokyo?
- 7 The Spy Ring Forms
- 8 At Home with the Otts
- 9 Moscow 1935
- 10 Hanako and Clausen
- 11 Bloodbath in Moscow
- 12 Lyushkov
- 13 Nomonhan
- 14 Ribbentrop-Molotov
- 15 Attack Singapore!
- 16 The Butcher of Warsaw
- 17 Barbarossa Takes Shape
- 18 'They Did Not Believe Us'
- 19 Plan North or Plan South?
- 20 Breaking Point
- 21 'The Greatest Man I Have Ever Met'
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Picture Credits
- Index
- Image Section
- Copyright Page
