#agent sonya

Welcome back peeps to another #HistoryBooksatmyJob post. I love reading books about Espionage history and Ben Macintyre @BenMacintyre1 is a master in the field. Here are six of his books that I am profiling today:

- Agent ZigZag

- Agent Sonya

- Rogue Heroes

- Napoleon of Crime

- A Spy Among Friends

- The Spy and the Traitor

These are some amazing books concerning the history of Espionage in the World War II/Postwar/Cold War era. The only exception is the Napoleon of Crime book that profiles German criminal mastermind Adam Worth who was active during the mid to late 19th century.

Check them out.

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previously enjoyed writer Ben Macintyre's writing

is interested in espionage/espionage history

is interested in complex under-the-radar female historical figures

is interested in reading about Jewish people (especially Communist Jews) living through the Weimar Republic years and Hitler's reign, both in Germany and as exiles/refugees/expatriates

is interested in Communism, especially Moscow's spy operations in Britain, Switzerland, China, and Germany

is interested in the Cold War nuclear arms race, especially atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs

Ursula Kuczynski, alias Ruth Werner, alias agent Sonya, bila je oficir Crvene armije i stručnjak za radio komunikaciju, diverzant, prvorazredna špijunka i uspješna spisateljica. Sve je to postigla dok je podizala porodicu, a ako njezina priča nije dobro poznata, to je zato što se do sada o njoj nije pisalo. Historičar Ben Macintyre autor je nekoliko knjiga o tajnovitom svijetu špijunaže. Jedna od…

How did Ursula manage to pass so long without detection? She used her femininity to her advantage.

Like Richard Sorge, the handler who recruited her, she knew that in the 1930s and 40s women were underestimated, and therefore less likely to raise suspicion.

In fact, Ursula wasn’t the only Soviet intelligence agent to use her gender as an effective cover. Her peer, Melita Norwood, was a KGB agent who went undetected in Britain for nearly 60 years.