{"product_id":"9780753560167","title":"The Umbrella Murder : The Hunt for the Cold War's Most Notorious Killer","description":"Author(s): Skotte, Ulrik, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 11\/07\/2024, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 336 pages, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: W H Allen, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: Ebury Publishing, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 245 x 160 x 30mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 562g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780753560167\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This masterly investigation, spanning 30 years, into the assassination of a cold war dissident, Georgi Markov, in London in 1978 exposes an assassin worthy of James Bond' -Observer, Book of the WeekLondon, September 1978: exiled Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is murdered in broad daylight on Waterloo Bridge with what appears to be a poison-tipped umbrella. It would become the most infamous unsolved killing of the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany years later, young journalist Ulrik Skotte is approached with explosive new information about a man alleged to be responsible for Markov’s death – a spy code-named Piccadilly who worked for the Bulgarian secret service. This meeting launched Skotte into a hunt for the killer lasting more than a quarter of a century, bringing him face to face with eccentric conspiracy theorists, a washed-up former dictator, ageing Danish spooks – and, ultimately, with Agent Piccadilly himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on an incredible cache of original documents, interviews and archive material, The Umbrella Murder provides jaw-dropping answers to questions that have persisted for nearly five decades: who killed Georgi Markov And who has been protecting the assassin ever since\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46670569505005,"sku":"9780753560167","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9780753560167.jpg?v=1737224860","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780753560167","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}