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The Angel - The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel (Paperback)
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The Angel - The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel (Paperback)
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List price R529
Loot Price R462
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You Save R67 (13%)
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Now in paperback: A riveting feat of research and reportage hailed
by the WSJ and NYTBR, The Angel explores one of the twentieth
century's most compelling spy stories: the sensational life and
suspicious death of Ashraf Marwan, a top-level Egyptian official
who secretly worked for Israel's Mossad. "Eye-opening.... A lucid
and compelling glimpse into the world of espionage and the
functioning-or malfunctioning-of leaders."-WSJ SOON TO BE A NETFLIX
ORIGINAL MOVIE As the son-in-law of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel
Nasser and a close adviser to his successor, Anwar Sadat, Ashraf
Marwan had access to the deepest secrets of his country's
government. But Marwan had a secret of his own: He was a spy for
the Mossad, Israel's renowned intelligence service. Known to his
handlers as "the Angel," Marwan turned Egypt into an open book and
saved Israel from a devastating defeat by tipping off the Mossad in
advance of the joint Egyptian-Syrian attack on Yom Kippur in 1973.
Remarkably, Marwan eluded Egypt's ruthless secret police for
decades. In later years he enjoyed a luxurious life-but that would
come to an abrupt end in 2007, when his body was found in a bed of
roses in the garden below his apartment building in London. Police
suspected he had been thrown from his balcony on the fifth floor,
but the case has remained unsolved. Until now. After Marwan died,
details of his shadowy life were slowly revealed. Drawing on
meticulous research and exclusive interviews with key figures
involved, The Angel is the first book to discuss Marwan's motives,
how his identity as a Mossad spy was deliberately exposed by none
other than the former chief of Israel's Military Intelligence, and
how the information he provided was used-and misused. Expanding on
this focus, it sheds new light on the modern history of the Middle
East and the crucial role of human espionage in shaping the fate of
nations. And, for the first time, it answers the questions haunting
Marwan's legacy: In the end, whom did Ashraf Marwan really betray?
And who killed him?
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