- Title:
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The Skripal Files: The Life and Near Death of a Russian Spy (MP3)
- Written by:
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Mark Urban
- Read by:
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Mark Urban
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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9 hours 2 minutes
- MP3 size:
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373 MB
- Published:
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December 28 2018
- Available Date:
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December 28 2018
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781529016826
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; European; Historical; Military
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Macmillan audio
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Price
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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.
The explosive story of the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and the new spy war between the West and Russia, based on hours of exclusive interviews Skripal gave before his near-death with number one bestselling author Mark Urban, diplomatic and defence editor for BBC Newsnight.
'With regard to traitors, they will kick the bucket on their own, I assure you ... Whatever thirty pieces of silver those people may have gotten, they will stick in their throat.' – Vladimir Putin, 2010
4 March 2018, Salisbury, England.
Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were enjoying a rare and peaceful Sunday spent together, completely unaware that they had been poisoned with the deadly nerve agent Novichok. Hours later both were found slumped on a park bench close to death.
Following their attempted murders on British soil, Russia was publicly accused by the West of carrying out the attack, marking a new low for international relations between the two since the end of the Cold War.
The Skripal Files is the definitive account of how Skripal’s story fits into the wider context of the new spy war between Russia and the West. The book explores the time Skripal spent as a spy in the Russian military intelligence, how he was turned to work as an agent by MI6, his imprisonment in Russia and his eventual release as part of a spy-swap that would bring him to Salisbury where, on that fateful day, he and his daughter found themselves fighting for their lives.
'That Mark Urban has been able to tell this story is a testament to his determination and investigative skill ... The result is gripping.’
The Observer
‘A groundbreaking, often chilling account ... remarkable.’
The Sunday Times
‘Heart-stoppingly vivid.’
The Daily Mail