The Happy Traitor - The Life of Soviet Spy George Blake (164)
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Interview with acclaimed author and journalist Simon Kuper, has written The Happy Traitor, the story of British spy and Soviet Union double agent George Blake, the last major British traitor of the Cold War.
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