It seems the ‘Mrs Burton’ (born Ursula Kuczynski) who pedalled around the English countryside in 1942 was a colonel in the Red Army. Her life story is extraordinary.
Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy
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ÂŁ25.00
Edition:Hardback978024140850617/09/2020
Categories: 03. Books for Christmas 2020: WW2, Biography, Letters & Diaries, Books for Christmas 2020
Tags: c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Espionage, Espionage and secret services, General and world history, Oxfordshire, Russia, Second World War, True war and combat stories, USSR, Soviet Union, WW2
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