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The Skripal Files
Putin, Poison and the New Spy War
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See moreFrom the heart of the cold war to the current hostilities between Russia and the West, this is the definitive account of the events that led to the Skripal poisoning
From the heart of the cold war to the current hostilities between Russia and the West, this is the definitive account of the events that led to the Skripal poisoning
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A scrupulous piece of reporting, necessary, timely and very sobering — John Le Carré
A Sunday Times Best Book of 2018
Agent. Prisoner. Target. Who is Sergei Skripal?
4 March 2018, Salisbury, England. A man and his daughter are found slumped on a bench, poisoned by the deadly nerve agent Novichok. He was a Russian national that became a MI6 spy.
Russia are publicly accused of carrying out the attack by the British government, sparking a diplomatic crisis between Russia and the West.
Then two innocent people find a discarded perfume bottle used in the attack and one of them, Dawn Sturgess, tragically dies. It is now a murder investigation. How exactly did we get here?
Based on interviews with Sergei before his poisoning, Mark Urban explains the most shocking espionage incident in a decade. Describing precisely how an otherwise loyal Russian intelligence officer was turned into an agent by MI6, how Skripal was betrayed so that he found himself in a Siberian prison, and why, years later, was he was targeted for assassination.
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Praised as a 'scrupulous piece of reporting, necessary, timely and very sobering' by John Le Carré, this book offers a detailed and engrossing account of the Skripal poisoning. The Times notes its unparalleled research depth, while the Guardian highlights Urban's revealing insights from extensive conversations with Skripal. The Sunday Times commends its original take on post-Cold War espionage, and the Daily Telegraph recognises its thorough detail leading up to these events.
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ISBN: 9781529006926
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 19 September 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pan Books
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 19.0mm
Weight: 254g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Mark Urban is a broadcaster and historian. Prior to working for the BBC he was defence correspondent for the Independent for four years, covering the end of the Cold War and the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. He is also the acclaimed author of Task Force Black: The explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq; Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the secret struggle against the IRA and Rifles: Six years with Wellington's legendary sharpshooters. Mark read international relations at the London School of Economics and served for a short time in the British army.
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