{"product_id":"dead-doubles-9781474609111","title":"Dead Doubles","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE PORTLAND SPY RING was one of the most infamous espionage cases from the Cold War. People the world over were shocked when its exposure revealed the shadowy world of deep cover KGB ''illegals'' - spies operating under false identities stolen from the dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe CIA''s revelation to MI5 in 1960 that a KGB agent was stealing crucial secrets from the world-leading submarine research base at Portland in Dorset looked initially like a dangerous but contained lapse of security by a British man and his mistress. But the couple were tailed by MI5 ''watchers'' to a covert meeting with a Canadian businessman, Gordon Lonsdale. The unsuspecting Lonsdale in turn led MI5''s spycatchers to an innocent-looking couple in suburban Ruislip called the Krogers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut within weeks the CIA rang the alarm - their critical source of intelligence was to defect within hours - and MI5 was forced to act immediately. The Krogers were exposed as two of the most important Russian ''illegals'' ever, w\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe definitive account of the famous Portland Spies - fascinating, detailed and completely gripping -- Richard J Aldrich, author GCHQ\u003cbr\u003eI read DEAD DOUBLES with admiration...fascinating and meticulous...Using all available American, British and Russian sources, Trevor Barnes has produced a remarkable book -- Harvey Klehr, co-author SPIES: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE KGB IN AMERICA\u003cbr\u003eA highly readable account of a classic Cold War MI5 investigation. Assiduously researched and a real page-turner -- Nigel West, author of MI5 and THE ILLEGALS\u003cbr\u003eExcellent and riveting, with a cast of characters as engaging as in any novel. Former KGB officer Vladimir Putin's modern-day Russia employs the same espionage methods now against the West. The themes of \u003ci\u003eDead Doubles\u003c\/i\u003e - deception, betrayal, blackmail, chemical and biological weapons, atomic secrets, international rivalry - are as topical today as in the 1960s -- John Sipher, Former Head CIA Russian Operations and CIA Station Chief in Asia and Europe\u003cbr\u003eA gripping and brilliantly researched history of the rise and fall of the Portland Spy Ring, which reveals much about the operations and personnel of Russian, British and American intelligence at the height of the Cold War -- Christopher Andrew, author of DEFENCE OF THE REALM and THE SECRET WORLD\u003cbr\u003eAn enthralling account of one of the last great spy mysteries of the 20th Century - I loved it -- John Preston, author of A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDead Doubles \u003c\/i\u003ewill keep readers on the edge of their seats, turning its pages like a delicious spy novel. Its pace and wide scope of research take us into a hidden corner of Cold War England in the early 1960s -- Katherine Sibley, author of FIRST LADY FLORENCE HARDING and RED SPIES IN AMERICA\u003cbr\u003eReads like a le Carré thriller - only true. Rich in detail. A must read -- Ray Batvinis, former FBI Supervisory Special Agent of Counterintelligence and author of Hoover's Secret War Against Axis Spies\u003cbr\u003eA rare combination of thrilling story and carefully documented history, the writing has a remarkable \"you are there\" quality that transports the reader back to the height of the Cold War -- Nicholas Reynolds, former CIA Officer and author of NYT bestseller WRITER, SAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY\u003cbr\u003eAn exemplary work of historical scholarship that is also highly entertaining, \u003ci\u003eDead Doubles\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive history of the Portland spy ring -- John Earl Haynes, co-author of EARLY COLD WAR SPIES\u003cbr\u003eGordon Lonsdale was a classic KGB illegal resident who never gave up his true name, background, or his agents' identity after his arrest and imprisonment, before he was exchanged for Greville Wynne.   Even his memoirs, ghosted by Kim Philby, didn't answer these questions.  But Trevor Barnes sets the record straight in his new book based on archival MI5 records and Russian sources. It is well written, thoroughly documented, and a most valuable contribution to the intelligence literature -- Hayden B Peake, Colonel, Military Intelligence, USA, Ret.\u003cbr\u003eEven better than any spy novel -- Matt Chorley * TIMES RADIO *\u003cbr\u003eFact outdoes fiction in this fascinating, revealing and gripping account of how MI5 tracked down the infamous Portland Spy ring, from the first clue to their arrest in 1961 * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinston Churchill once wrote of the world of espionage that 'the actual facts of many cases were in every respect equal to the most fantastic inventions of romance and melodrama'. His words could certainly be applied to the Portland Spy Ring, memorably recounted here by Trevor Barnes. After the CIA told MI5 in 1960 someone was stealing secrets\u003cbr\u003efrom the submarine research base at Portland, Dorset, the information led to extraordinary revelations. Unlikely spies were living in suburban Ruislip and, under false identities stolen from the dead, a circle of deep-cover KGB agents was operating in Britain\u003c\/p\u003e -- Nick Rennison * DAILY MAIL *","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739604332887,"sku":"9781474609111","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474609111.jpg?v=1720052715","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dead-doubles-9781474609111","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}