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- Mitrokhin, Vasili
- Great Britain MI6--History--20th century
- Espionage, British--History--20th century
- Soviet Union Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti--History--20th century
- Espionage, Soviet--History--20th century
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Title Statement | The spy in the archive: how one man tried to kill the KGB / Gordon Corera. |
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Alternative Title(s) | How one man tried to kill the Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti |
Author | Corera, Gordon |
Publication | London: William Collins,2025. |
Extent of Item | 323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates |
ISBN | 9780008644796 (hardcover) |
Other Number | pr08096301 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | 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. |
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By Topic | Espionage, British--History--20th century |
Espionage, Soviet--History--20th century | |
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Spies--Soviet Union | |
By Name | Mitrokhin, Vasili,1922-2004 |
Great BritainMI6--History--20th century | |
Soviet UnionKomitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti--History--20th century | |
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