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The Umbrella Murder: The Hunt for the Notorious Cold War Killer
ULRIK SKOTTE
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Summary
'A masterly investigation ... exposes an assassin worthy of James Bond' -Observer, Book of the Week
London, 1978: exiled Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is murdered on Waterloo Bridge with what appears to be 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 meeting launched 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.
Drawing on an incredible cache of original documents, interviews and archive material, The Umbrella Murder provides jaw-dropping answers to questions that have persisted for nearly five decades: who killed Georgi Markov? And who has been protecting the assassin ever since?
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$22.99
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Category:
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Author:
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ULRIK SKOTTE
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Title:
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The Umbrella Murder: The Hunt for the Notorious Cold War Killer
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Release date:
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30 September 2025
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PENGUIN PRESS
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336
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HIST. UNIVERSELLE/GENERALE
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ISBN:
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9780753560181 (0753560186)
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Renaud-Bray Reference:
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21593964
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Item nb:
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4451065
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The Umbrella Murder: The Hunt for the Notorious Cold War Killer
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SKOTTE, ULRIK
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PENGUIN PRESS
2025
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