The Terminal Spy: After sipping tea in a London hotel,

The Terminal Spy: After sipping tea in a London hotel, Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB officer and vocal foe of the Kremlin, fell ill and was rushed to the hospital, fatally

â€œA story that is at once real-life thriller and an immensely sinister cautionary tale about the new Russia.â€ â€“Star Tribune

On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko sipped tea in Londonâ€™s Millennium Hotel. Hours later the Russian Ã©migrÃ© and former intelligence officer, who was sharply critical of Russian president Vladimir Putin, fell ill and within days was rushed to the hospital. Fatally poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope slipped into his drink, Litvinenko issued a dramatic deathbed statement accusing 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 assassinationÂ and of the profound international implications of this first act of nuclear terrorism.

â€œAbsorbing.â€ â€“New York Times

â€œCowell plays out the Byzantine possibilities behind this killing with heroic clarity.â€ â€“Los Angeles Times
â€œDoggedly reported and dramatically written . . . Cowell tells the story with literary panache but doesnâ€™t let his stylish prose eclipse the substance of a sordid tale. The sections about espionage and the assassination are worthy of Tom Clancy, but the authorâ€™s political analysis is equally riveting . . . A well-told true-crime tale mixed with expert political/historical analysis.â€
â€“Kirkus Reviews

Country	USA
Author	Alan S. Cowell
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Broadway Books
EAN	9780767928168
Edition	First Edition
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0767928164
Label	Broadway Books
Manufacturer	Broadway Books
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	448
PublicationDate	2009-10-20
Publisher	Broadway Books
ReleaseDate	2009-10-20
Studio	Broadway Books

The Terminal Spy: After sipping tea in a London hotel, Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB officer and vocal foe of the Kremlin, fell ill and was rushed to the hospital, fatally

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