The Translator

Harriet Crawley

Summary

• "A classic thriller of the new Cold War." Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad
• A taut, highly topical thriller, set in Moscow and centred on a devastating Russian plot to sabotage the undersea communication cables linking the US to the UK. But also, a passionate love story between two people determined to stop this cataclysmic act.
•Written by an insider: Harriet Crawley lived in Moscow for many years, working in the energy sector at a time of exploding wealth concentration and increasingly violent political repression.

Available since: 03/15/2023.

Print length: 416 pages.

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