<p><b>''Delivered with flamboyance, it features a sparkling cast of chancers''</b><b>KATJA HOYER, <i>Daily Telegraph </i>5* review</b><br><b><br>''Page-turning . . . a sizzling high-stakes tale'' </b><b>JAMES HOLLAND</b><br><br><b>''This book might read like the screenplay of a gripping movie, yet every word is accurate and verified'' </b><b>ANDREW ROBERTS</b><br><br><b>''Giles Milton is a phenomenon'' </b><b>DAN SNOW<br></b><br><b>''Another rollercoaster ride from Giles Milton. Endlessly surprising'' </b><b>ANTHONY HOROWITZ</b><br><br><b>From internationally bestselling historian Giles Milton comes the remarkable true story of t</b><b>he Allies'' secret mission to wartime Moscow.<br></b><br> In the summer of 1941, as Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, Stalin''s forces faced a catastrophic defeat which would make the Allies'' liberation of Europe virtually impossible. To avert this disaster, Britain and America mobilized an elite team of remarkable diplomats with the mission of keeping t