An Evening with Ben Macintyre

Join ben macintyre—multimillion-copy bestselling author of _colditz_, _agent sonya_ and _sas: rogue heroes_ to name a few—for a celebration of _redwood: the untold story of the cold war's most extraordinary spy_.The year is 1981.

Tehran is in violent turmoil in the wake of the Iranian Revolution.

The Soviets are planning to overthrow the Ayatollah’s fledgling Islamist regime.

If they do so, one response from America – unknown to the public – would be to use nuclear weapons._Redwood_ is the story of how at the height of the Cold War, one mysterious double agent, whose intelligence reached the highest levels of British and American governments, cracked open the KGB, revealed the Kremlin’s secret plot and prevented Armageddon.Drawing on never-before-seen material from archives in multiple countries, and interviews with the participants including officers from MI6 and MI5, the KGB and CIA, _Redwood_ combines the shadowy world of the _Spy and the Traitor_ with the action of _SAS: Rogue Heroes_.

It lifts the lid on an unknown and highly significant Cold War victory, on the machinations of history's Great Game, and on how espionage really works.Without Redwood, our world would be very different – and might not exist at all.BEN MACINTYRE'S books include _The Spy and the Traitor_ [https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/books/ben-macintyre/the-spy-and-the-traitor/9780241972137/], _Agent Zigzag_ [https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/books/ben-macintyre/agent-zigzag/9781526682642/] and _Operation Mincemeat_ [https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/books/ben-macintyre/operation-mincemeat/9781526682574/].

He is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times, and has worked as the newspaper's correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington.