Ben Macintyre tells the fascinating true story of the only woman to become a top Soviet spy
Ben Macintyre is a British author, historian, reviewer and columnist for The Times.(Justine Stoddart) comments Writers and Company1:01:59Ben Macintyre tells the fascinating true story of the only woman to become a top Soviet spy Mrs. Len Beurton of Great Rollright, a tiny village in the Cotswolds, was an apparently ordinary housewife and mother of three, famous for her home-baked scones. In reality, she was Agent Sonya, a top Soviet operative, transmitting plans for the atomic bomb from an outhouse in her Oxfordshire garden. Her real name was Ursula Kuczynski and her intelligence work took h...
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