Ben Macintyre

Tehran, 1981. Amid violent turmoil after the Iranian Revolution, the Soviets are planning to overthrow the Ayatollah, which could spark nuclear attack from the US. Redwood is the true story of how one mysterious double agent cracked open the KGB and prevented Armageddon. Ben Macintyre, the multi-million-selling author of The Siege and Operation Mincemeat, returns to the Festival with a gripping account of the unsung, 6ft 4 Russian intelligence officer who reached out to MI6 and changed the world.

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