Ben Macintyre is a writer-at-large for The Times (UK) and the bestselling author of Agent Sonya, The Spy and the Traitor, A Spy Among Friends, Double Cross, Operation Mincemeat, Agent Zigzag, Rogue Heroes, and Prisoners of the Castle, among other books. Macintyre has also written and presented BBC documentaries of his work.

Praise for Ben Macintyre

"John le Carré's nonfiction counterpart."--The New York Times

"Macintyre has a knack for finding the most fascinating story lines in history."--David Grann

"One of the most gifted espionage writers around."--Annie Jacobsen

"Macintyre is a supremely gifted storyteller. . . . His books are absurdly entertaining."--The Boston Globe

"[Ben] Macintyre at once exalts and subverts the myths of spy craft."--The New Yorker

"Macintyre is fastidious about tradecraft details. . . . [He] has become the preeminent popular chronicler of British intelligence history because he understands the essence of the business."--David Ignatius, The Washington Post

"Macintyre writes with novelistic flair."--Entertainment Weekly

"Macintyre is a superb writer, with an eye for the telling detail as fine as any novelist's."--The Dallas Morning News

"Macintyre writes with the diligence and insight of a journalist, and the panache of a born storyteller."--John Banville, The Guardian (UK)

"With Macintyre in charge, you're virtually guaranteed a history book that reads like a spy novel."--Richmond Times-Dispatch

"A scrupulous and insightful writer--a master historian."--Alan Furst, author of Mission to Paris

"Macintyre is a master at leading the reader down some very tortuous paths while ensuring they never lose their bearings."--Evening Standard (UK)

"Macintyre . . . has that enviable gift, the inability to write a dull sentence."--The Spectator (UK)

Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)

Pub date: 2025-08-05

Length: 352 pages