Damian Lewis : Spy Wars

The Man Who Saved the World 

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“compelling”

(DAILY MAIL)

 

“exceptionally nuanced”

(WALL STREET JOURNAL)

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“Eight chapters, in short, of enthralling power - a tonic for dark times.”  

(WALL STREET JOURNAL)

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A double agent walks a tightrope. One misplaced step, and you pay with your life. 

 

The story of Oleg Gordievsky single-handedly defused a nuclear stand-off between Superpowers is one of the most extraordinary tales of the Cold War. 

 

For Oleg Gordievsky, it is how enlightenment triumphed over brutal authoritarianism; and in the process, how he became one nation’s traitor and another nation’s hero.