--- product_id: 431668190 title: "Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy" price: "€ 13.98" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.gr/products/431668190-agent-sonya-moscows-most-daring-wartime-spy store_origin: GR region: Greece --- # Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy **Price:** € 13.98 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy - **How much does it cost?** € 13.98 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.gr](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/431668190-agent-sonya-moscows-most-daring-wartime-spy) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The “master storyteller” ( San Francisco Chronicle ) behind the New York Times bestseller The Spy and the Traitor uncovers the true story behind one of the Cold War’s most intrepid spies. “[An] immensely exciting, fast-moving account.”— The Washington Post ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Foreign Affairs, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal In 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small cottage with her three children and her husband, who worked as a machinist nearby. Ursula Burton was friendly but reserved, and spoke English with a slight foreign accent. By all accounts, she seemed to be living a simple, unassuming life. Her neighbors in the village knew little about her. They didn’t know that she was a high-ranking Soviet intelligence officer. They didn’t know that her husband was also a spy, or that she was running powerful agents across Europe. Behind the facade of her picturesque life, Burton was a dedicated Communist, a Soviet colonel, and a veteran agent, gathering the scientific secrets that would enable the Soviet Union to build the bomb. This true-life spy story is a masterpiece about the woman code-named “Sonya.” Over the course of her career, she was hunted by the Chinese, the Japanese, the Nazis, MI5, MI6, and the FBI—and she evaded them all. Her story reflects the great ideological clash of the twentieth century—between Communism, Fascism, and Western democracy—and casts new light on the spy battles and shifting allegiances of our own times. With unparalleled access to Sonya’s diaries and correspondence and never-before-seen information on her clandestine activities, Ben Macintyre has conjured a page-turning history of a legendary secret agent, a woman who influenced the course of the Cold War and helped plunge the world into a decades-long standoff between nuclear superpowers. Review: The Adventures of a Real Life Spy - Loved this book! It was very enlightening about how spies actually work. And the subject was the perfect spy, I think because she was a young mother and was not suspected. The book follows her career around the world during the critical years of WWII. Very interesting and engaging story!! Review: Good true spy story - Well told, and easy to follow biography of Ursula Kuckynski, “Sonja” a lucky, effective and female Soviet spy. Many of the names of WWII espionage are mentioned and daring stories of espionage beginning in Shanghai. Many countries, multiple lovers and children and hundreds of secrets. Escaped Stalin’s purges, maintained the love of friends and family and “came in from the cold” to become a prolific successful writer. Many pictures of main characters. ## Images ![Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81+G31OMC9L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Adventures of a Real Life Spy *by K***E on March 25, 2026* Loved this book! It was very enlightening about how spies actually work. And the subject was the perfect spy, I think because she was a young mother and was not suspected. The book follows her career around the world during the critical years of WWII. Very interesting and engaging story!! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good true spy story *by P***F on December 16, 2020* Well told, and easy to follow biography of Ursula Kuckynski, “Sonja” a lucky, effective and female Soviet spy. Many of the names of WWII espionage are mentioned and daring stories of espionage beginning in Shanghai. Many countries, multiple lovers and children and hundreds of secrets. Escaped Stalin’s purges, maintained the love of friends and family and “came in from the cold” to become a prolific successful writer. Many pictures of main characters. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another triumph for Mr Macintyre *by D***O on February 9, 2021* I have read most of Macintyre’s books and they are all gripping. I found Agent Sonya a little more difficult to get into but once I did it did not disappoint. I have read reviews that have criticized the book for its subject matter. How can we relate to a Soviet spy? How can we feel anything for someone who worked for Stalin against the West? I think that is an over simplification. I tried to put myself in the shoes of Ursula Maria Kuczynski, a young German Jew horrified at the rise of fascism in Europe in the 20’s and 30’s. Like Ursula I would like to think that I would do all I could to resist and to fight. The natural vehicle for Ursula to travel in to conduct that fight was the communist party and she joined in 1926, just as Hitler was rising to prominence. European communists fought fascism in Spain, Germany, the Far East and Eastern Europe and were a major part of the French resistance. Ursula becomes a committed communist (and anti fascist) and an accomplished asset as we follow her from Germany to China and thereafter to Switzerland and finally to the UK. This is where the story becomes a little muddy for many. Yes, Ursula spied for Stalin, a man as despotic and evil as Hitler. But at that time Churchill and Roosevelt were working with the Soviet leader and we were allies. Ursula spied against the Nazi’s for the Soviets while in the UK but she also helped to infiltrate communist spies into the US atomic weapons program. In doing so she helped the Soviets to develop their own atomic bomb. Obviously this puts her beyond the pale for many people but the world was a different place 60 and 70 years ago. Who knows, without Ursula maybe we would not have had a world where both sides of the Cold War had the means to totally annihilate the other? Maybe in that scenario, without the promise of “mutually assured destruction”, a Nixon or a Reagan or, heaven forbid, a Trump may have been tempted to wipe out half the planet. We’ll never know. A great read, chock full of exceptionally interesting characters like Agnes Smedley, Richard Sorge and Sandro Rado and another triumph for Mr Macintyre. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.gr/products/431668190-agent-sonya-moscows-most-daring-wartime-spy](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/431668190-agent-sonya-moscows-most-daring-wartime-spy) --- *Product available on Desertcart Greece* *Store origin: GR* *Last updated: 2026-05-24*