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Kent Nonfiction Book Group

Kent Nonfiction Book Group In-Person

The Kent Nonfiction Book Group meets for discussion the last Tuesday of each month at the Chestertown Branch. You are welcome to bring your lunch!

In November, we will be discussing:

The Spy and the Traitor: the Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre

If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal and philistine. He took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and eventually became the Soviet Union's top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6. For nearly a decade, as the Cold War reached its twilight, Gordievsky helped the West turn the tables on the KGB, exposing Russian spies and helping to foil countless intelligence plots, as the Soviet leadership grew increasingly paranoid at the United States's nuclear first-strike capabilities and brought the world closer to the brink of war.

Date:
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Yellow Building
Branch:
Chestertown
Audience:
  Adults (ages 18+)  
Categories:
  Books & Writing