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About This Episode
History is littered with stories of espionage and its capacity to change the course of events. But does spying truly matter and has the human operative finally been replaced by the computer? Ben MacIntyre, author of books including Agent Zigzag and The Spy and the Traitor, joins Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook to discuss the history of spying.
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Agent Zigzag
Ben McIntyre

Ben McIntyre, author of Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat, Spy Among Friends, among many others.

ASIN: B000WM9UHU
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Ben McIntyre, author of Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat, Spy Among Friends, among many others.

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Spy Among Friends
Ben McIntyre

Ben McIntyre, author of Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat, Spy Among Friends, among many others.

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The Spy and the Traitor cover

One of which, Ben, was The Spy and the Traitor about Oleg Gordievsky.

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The Tailor of Panama
John le Carré

A Man in Havana, or Le Carré's The Tailor of Panama, which is kind of inspired by that...

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Our Man in Havana
Graham Greene

Lovely that you mentioned Our Man in Havana, because, of course, Our Man in Havana is directly based by Graham Greene on a real...

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The discussion mentions 'Agent Sonia' as a book about a woman who is not a terribly glamorous character, contrasting with the typical portrayal of spies.

ASIN: 517134518X
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