May 8, 1951: Soviet spy Anthony Blunt meets handler Yuri Modin, panicking. Fellow spy Donald Maclean is close to arrest. Moscow scrambles: should Maclean defect? A submarine rescue is even considered. #History#Espionage
New podcast! The brilliant @Paulodaburka interviews Marc Mierowski, on the secret life of Daniel Defoe. Author and SPY. How did Defoe, writer of Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders, influence the politics of Union? Find out - search spymasters wherever you get your podcasts….
Podcast ALERT> @Tonisenior talks to former British intelligence officer James Wolff about his brilliant new novel SPIES AND OTHER GODS @JohnMurray@aspectsofcrime Search SPYMASTERS wherever you get your podcasts…
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I interviewed Alex Preston about his novel, A Stranger in Corfu — and we went deep on betrayal, MI6, Philby and why the best spy stories are basically moral horror. @ahmpreston
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"Elegantly written and stocked with charismatic, spectacularly flawed characters, it's a captivating, psychologically probing spy saga."
@Tonisenior's forthcoming STALIN'S APOSTLES receives a great review in Publishers Weekly! Read more: bit.ly/3OyThPn
New Podcast! The brilliant @ChekistMonitor Filip Kovacavic on Soviet spy fiction. Who was the Soviet James Bond? Can bad states produce good fiction? How was Putin influenced by fictional spies?
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I really enjoyed this conversation with Antonia Senior, a wonderful host of the SpyMasters podcast, on all things #KGB focusing on my new book #KGBLiterati.
Give it a listen when you get a chance! #writers#spies#coldwar
New Podcast! The brilliant @ChekistMonitor Filip Kovacavic on Soviet spy fiction. Who was the Soviet James Bond? Can bad states produce good fiction? How was Putin influenced by fictional spies?
Search SpyMasters wherever you get your podcasts.....
Our first pod of 2026, and it’s a preview of some of the excellent history that we’re looking forward to this year. With mentions for @MirandaMalins @JoshJohnIreland Antony Beevor @hoyer_kat and @TracyBorman. See the full episode below 👇
Before Poirot Took Over, #AgathaChristie Was Writing Spy Novels — we've just published a guide to her #espionage books on Spybrary.com - link in the first comment.