Espionage & Cold War

An essential short history of Russia by acclaimed writer and expert Mark Galeotti, taking us from Ivan the Terrible and Catherine the Great, to the Russian Revolution, the fall of...

In the wake of the Second World War and the realisation that the Soviet Union had set up extensive espionage networks around the world, Australia responded by establishing its own...

A new narrator provides some long-awaited answers to the Bernard Samson mystery in the final novel of the Hook, Line and Sinker trilogy Of all the mysteries Bernard Samson has...

The second book of the Hook, Line and Sinker series finds Bernard Samson on the run through Berlin, Vienna and Prague Bernard Samson is a spy on the run. But...

Spy Bernard Samson is forced on the run from his own government in this nail-biting first instalment of the Hook, Line and Sinker series Millions of pounds have gone missing,...

Bernard Samson gets caught up in the messy unravelling of the USSR in the second novel of the Faith, Hope, Charity trilogy Bernard Samson returns to Berlin in the second...

The first novel in the celebrated Faith, Hope and Charity trilogy finds Bernard Samson in rural Germany, trying to deliver a Russian defector to London Central Bernard Samson returns to...

The final novel featuring Bernard Samson, one of Deighton's most enduring characters, who must return to Berlin for one last case Bernard Samson returns to Berlin in the final novel...

A gripping new novel set in the universe of John le Carre's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway It is spring in 1963 and George...

A stupendous history of intelligence, its uses and its neglect - by 'the doyen of intelligence historians' (New Statesman) The history of espionage stretches back over millennia, yet it has...

Set during the darkest days of the Cold War, a tautly-told, nail-bitingly atmospheric historical thriller about two competing KGB operatives caught in a race to secure the devastating truth behind...

The definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. ** Challenger- A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on...

The Sunday Times and NYT bestseller. A shocking true-life thriller about corruption, dirty politics and murder in Russia by one of Putin's Most Wanted. 'An unburdening, a witness statement and...

The incredible story behind the greatest female spy in history from one of Britain's best historians, now in paperback Ursula Kuczynski Burton was a spymaster, saboteur, bomb-maker and secret agent....

A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement...

As we publish all of le Carre's work for the first time, a special look for the books featuring his iconic character, George Smiley George Smiley, now chief of the...

We can all treat history with more respect. If we do, we might find that the cure for the Russia Anxiety is within reach ... Russia is an exceptional country,...

A major history of the conflict that shaped every aspect of our world As Germany and then Japan surrendered in 1945 there was a tremendous hope that a new and...

Jack Ryan Jr returns in Tom Clancy's thrilling series - the inspiration behind the smash-hit on Amazon Prime At a suspected Hezbollah hideout in Argentina, a team of elite counter-terror...

Soldier Spy is to the war against the enemy at home what Bravo Two Zero was to Gulf War 1 In the boot were six homemade pipe bombs, all linked...

For the first time in over 30 years, John le Carre returns to the Cold War in this thrilling masterpiece Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of...

As we publish all of le Carre's work for the first time, the Smiley Collection offers a special look for the books featuring John le Carre's most iconic character- George...

As we publish all of le Carre's work for the first time, a special look for the books featuring his iconic character, George Smiley A department of ageing British spies...

As we publish all of le Carre's work for the first time, a special look for the books featuring his iconic character, George Smiley The seventh Smiley novel sees a...

As we publish all of le Carre's work for the first time, a special look for the books featuring his iconic character, George Smiley In his fifth outing George Smiley...

In this classic novel - adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film in 2011 and new to Penguin Modern Classics - George Smiley faces his greatest challenge yet George Smiley, who...

The third and final novel of le Carre's 'Karla Trilogy', Smiley's People now published in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time The murdered man had been an agent -...

The second book in le Carre's 'Karla Trilogy', The Honourable Schoolboy is a new addition to Penguin Modern Classics It is a beleaguered and betrayed Secret Service that has been...

Berlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he is older and married. Theirs is an intense and sudden attraction, fuelled by...

'Deeply researched with keen judgements, Traitors and Spies is a devastating indictment of Australia's security services and their political masters in the decades before the formation of ASIO.' - Professor...

Australia was born with its eyes wide open. Although politicians spoke publicly of loyalty to Britain and the empire, in secret they immediately set about protecting Australia's interests from the...

By 1963, Robert Menzies had been prime minister for thirteen years, Australia had its first troops in Vietnam, and change was in the air. There would soon be street protests...

Winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History For the first time, ASIO has opened its archives to an independent historian. With unfettered access to the records, David Horner...

'It's rare to find a book that is not only intensely personal but deeply practical. Julian Fisher has somehow pulled it off, in this fascinating and engaging guide to the...

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'A heart-piercingly brilliant book about a woman whose personal life put her in the cross-hairs of history' HADLEY FREEMAN'Totally riveting. I couldn't put it down' VICTORIA HISLOP'Ethel sings out for...

INTERCEPT is the previously untold - and previously highly classified - story of the melding of technology and espionage. Gordon Corera's compelling narrative, rich with historical details and characters, takes...

One of the great tragedies of Africa is not only the fact that a million people-mostly civilians and a large proportion of them children-died in one of Africa's first post-independence...

This taut, true thriller dives into a dark world that touches us all, as seen through the brilliant, breakneck career of an extraordinary hacker--a woman known only as Alien. When...

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The riveting story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China'A masterpiece' CHRISTOPHER ANDREW, author of The Defence of...

During WW2 there was a rumour that German spies were landing by parachute in Britain, dressed as nuns...Conradin Muller was an unusual spy. He was recruited in Hamburg in June...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Washington's Spies, the thrilling story of the Confederate spy who came to Britain to turn the tide of the Civil War-and the...

Author: Ali VelshiFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 203mm, 263g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 Edited and introduced by MSNBC's Ali Velshi, The Trump Indictments collects the complete charging...

Author: Ali VelshiFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 203mm, 263g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 Edited and introduced by MSNBC's Ali Velshi, The Trump Indictments collects the complete charging...

Author: Alexander Rose Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 From the New York Times bestselling author of Washington's Spies, the thrilling story of the Confederate spy who came to Britain...

Author: Martin Sixsmith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 [Sixsmith] has found another way of telling the story of the Cold War, one that laces history with the mind games...

Author: Suleika Dawson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A Telegraph Book to Read for Autumn 2022 A Times Best Non-fiction Book for Autumn 2022 A Daily Mail Book of...