The Spy and the Traitor

An incredible true life spy story...Every word ramps up the tension as you're drawn deeper into the danger

Mail on Sunday

If any spy writer were to put it in a novel, it would not be believed. But, blow by blow, trick by trick, it is all in Macintyre's book

Fredrick Forsyth

He writes like a novelist. One of the last chapters is as tense as any thriller. No wonder le Carré liked it

Daily Express

[A] captivating espionage tale. In a feat of real authorial dexterity, Macintyre accurately portrays the long-game banality of spycraft-the lead time and persistence in planning-with such clarity and propulsive verve that the book often feels like a thriller. Macintyre has produced a timely and insightful page-turner.

Publishers Weekly

Impeccably researched, superbly told - by far the best book on the SAS in World War II

Antony Beevor on 'SAS'

Meticulously researched, splendidly told, immensely entertaining and often very moving

John le Carré on 'Agent Zigzag'

The best true spy story I have ever read

John le Carré

Thorough and highly entertaining. It would be nigh on impossible to praise it too highly

Daily Express on 'SAS'

Thrilling. Ben Macintyre is the ideal narrator

Spectator on 'SAS'