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
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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
Brand Broadway Books
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Paperback
Color White
ReleaseDate 2009-10-20
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780767928168

Country	USA
Brand	Broadway Books
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Paperback
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2009-10-20
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780767928168

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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