Redwood by Ben Macintyre - ISBN: 9780241754801
Hardcover
One spy’s secret saved the world from nuclear war.
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Redwood

The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy

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  • Hardcover

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    10 October 2026

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Summary

From the multi-million-selling historian, the remarkable, unknown Cold War story of how one spy saved the world from nuclear war

The year is 1981. Tehran is in violent turmoil in the wake of the Iranian Revolution. The Soviets are planning to overthrow the Ayatollah’s fledgling Islamist regime. If they do so, one response from America - unknown to the public - would be to use nuclear weapons. This is the story of how at the height of the Cold War, one mysterious double agent, known to…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241754801
ISBN-10:0241754801
Author:Ben Macintyre
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Viking
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:10 October 2026
Weight:750g
Dimensions:240mm x 156mm x 40mm
About The Author

Ben Macintyre

Ben Macintyre is the multimillion-copy bestselling author of books including Colditz, Agent Sonya, SAS- Rogue Heroes, The Spy and the Traitor, Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat, and A Spy Among Friends. He is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times, and has worked as the newspaper’s correspondent in New York, Paris, and Washington. Several of his books have been made into films and television series, including Operation Mincemeat, A Spy Among Friends, and SAS- Rogue Heroes.

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