They called him 'the man without a face', a figure of such secrecy that it took almost twenty years before Western intelligence had any idea what he looked like. He was the West's great adversary in the secret war for intelligence, information and advantage. He is Markus Wolf, the greatest spymaster of our century, a shadowy legend throughout the Cold War and a continuing mystery - until now.
In what will surely stand as a classic book on the history and art of espionage, Markus Wolf finally breaks his silence and tells his story. 'Memoirs of a Spymaster' reads like a novel by John le Carre, full of high-speed chases, murdered agents, hidden cameras, phoney brothels, secret codes, false identities, triple agents and all the other trappings of the most fantastic thrillers - except this time the action is real.
