The umbrella murder : the hunt for the Cold War's most notorious killer /
by Skotte, Ulrik.
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BookPublisher: London : WH Allen, 2024Description: 336 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780753560167 (hbk.) :; 075356016X (hbk.) :.Classification number: 327.1249 SKOSubject(s): Markov, Georgi, 1929-1978 -- Assassination | Espionage, Bulgarian -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Politics and Government | Politics and Government | Criminal investigation & detection | Politics & government | Espionage & secret servicesSummary: September 1978: exiled Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is murdered in broad daylight on Waterloo Bridge, London with a poison-tipped umbrella. It would become the most infamous unsolved killing of the Cold War. Many 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 one meeting would launch 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.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 327.1249 SKO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 01/11/2024 | 003123227X |
September 1978: exiled Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is murdered in broad daylight on Waterloo Bridge, London with a poison-tipped umbrella. It would become the most infamous unsolved killing of the Cold War. Many 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 one meeting would launch 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.
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