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The spy in the archive : how one man tried to kill the KGB
Corera, Gordon2025
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How do you steal a library? Not just any library but the most secret, heavily guarded archive in the world. The answer is to be a librarian. To be so quiet, that no-one knows what you are up to as you toil undercover and deep amongst the files. The work goes on for decades but remains so low key, that even after your escape, aided by MI6, no-one even notices you are gone. 'The Spy in the Archive' tells the remarkable story of how Vasili Mitrokhin - an introverted archivist who loved nothing more than dusty files - ended up changing the world. As the in-house archivist for the KGB, the secrets he was exposed to inside its walls turned him first into a dissident and then a spy, a traitor to his country but a man determined to expose the truth about the dark forces that had subverted Russia, forces still at work in the country today.
Main title:
The spy in the archive : how one man tried to kill the KGB / Gordon Corera.
Author:
Corera, Gordon, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2025.
Collation:
323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780008644796 (hbk)
Dewey class:
327.12092327.1209
Language:
English
Subject:
Mitrokhin, Vasili, 1922-2004Spies -- Soviet UnionEspionage, RussianIntelligence service -- Soviet UnionEspionage, BritishIntelligence service -- Great BritainPolitics and GovernmentUSSR, Soviet UnionLater 20th century c 1950 to c 1999Autobiography: historical, political & militaryTrue stories of heroism, endurance & survivalHistory
BRN:
893413