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The Widow Spy
- Author
- Martha D. Peterson
- Narrator
- Laural Merlington
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 12 June 2018
- Run Time
- 9 hours 46 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Martha D. Peterson was one of the first women to be assigned to Moscow, a very difficult operational environment. Her story begins in Laos during the Vietnam War where she accompanied her husband, a CIA officer. She describes their life in a small city in Laos, ending with the tragic death of her husband. Then her own thirty-year career begins in Moscow, where she walks the dark streets alone, placing dead-drops and escaping the relentless eye of the KGB. Experience her arrest and detention in Lyubianka Prison, as only she can relate it. What she reveals in The Widow Spy has never been told.
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Details
- Author
- Martha D. Peterson
- Narrator
- Laural Merlington
- Duration
- 9 hours 46 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 June 2018
- ISBN
- 9781977380579
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Biography: general, Espionage and secret services, Gender studies: women and girls, Memoirs, Politics and government
Synopsis
The Widow Spy is the firsthand account of a true Cold War spy operation in Moscow, told exclusively by the CIA case officer who lived this experience.Martha D. Peterson was one of the first women to be assigned to Moscow, a very difficult operational environment. Her story begins in Laos during the Vietnam War where she accompanied her husband, a CIA officer. She describes their life in a small city in Laos, ending with the tragic death of her husband. Then her own thirty-year career begins in Moscow, where she walks the dark streets alone, placing dead-drops and escaping the relentless eye of the KGB. Experience her arrest and detention in Lyubianka Prison, as only she can relate it. What she reveals in The Widow Spy has never been told.
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