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.

Author: Ben Macintyre

c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Biography: historical, political & military, True war & combat stories, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, The Cold War, Espionage & secret services

Published on 10 Sep 2026 by Penguin Books Ltd.