An Impeccable Spy

Resumen del libro

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 CARREBorn 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.

Biografía del autor

Owen Matthews estudió Historia Moderna en Oxford University antes de comenzar su carrera como periodista en Bosnia durante la guerra civil. En 1997 se convirtió en corresponsal de la revista Newsweek de Moscú, donde cubrió la segunda guerra chechena, la de Afganistán y la de Irak, así como el conflicto del este de Ucrania. También ha colaborado con The Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, The Guardian, The Observer y The Independent, entre otros. Su primer libro sobre historia rusa, Stalinx{0026} x02019;s Children (2008), fu n First Books Award, el Prix Médicis de Francia y el Orwell Prize de escritura política.