Title:
The terminal spy : a true story of espionage, betrayal, and murder
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Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Date:
2008
Publication Information:
New York : Doubleday, c2008.
Physical Description:
xiv, 432 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
9780385523554
Abstract:
Fatally poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope slipped into his drink, Russian emigre Alexander Litvinenko issued a dramatic deathbed statement accusing Russian president Vladimir Putin himself of engineering his murder. Alan S. Cowell, then London Bureau Chief of the" New York Times, " who covered the story from its inception, has written the definitive story of this assassination and of the profound international implications of this first act of nuclear terrorism.
Contents:
Broken homes, broken empire -- Poor man, rich man -- Acolytes -- Renegade -- War stories -- From Russia with stealth -- Siloviki -- Gilded exiles -- Crown protection -- A rolodex to die for -- Poison and PR -- Invisible assassin -- The polonium trail -- Hit men or fall-guys? -- Putin's doppelgänger.
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Language:
English
