Spy and traitor

#### “The best true spy story I have ever read.” John le Carré. * A very interesting story: It deals with the foreign relations between the United States, England, and Russia, and the conflict of ideologies. Ben MacIntyre is a respected historian and writer, and this is his best book yet. This is the true story of one of the most remarkable spies in history. In 1968, Oleg Gordievsky received his first KGB position, and within a few years, he became the Soviet Union's top man in London, where he had secretly worked for MI6 since 1973. No other spy did more damage to the KGB than him, nor changed the course of the Cold War forever as much. The CIA wanted to know the identity of this source at any cost, as he was undoubtedly operating at the highest levels. The intelligence officer charged with identifying him was Aldrich Ames, a man who would later become known as a double agent secretly spying for the Soviets. But Oleg Gordievsky plays the lead role in a cunning game between America, Britain and the Soviet Union, culminating in a cinematic escape from Moscow in 1985. A very interesting novel, and its story is true.