The angel : the Egyptian spy who saved Israel / Uri Bar-Joseph ; translated from the Hebrew-language edition by David Hazony.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bar-Joseph, Uri, author.

Contributor:

Hazony, David, translator.

Standardized Title:

Malʼakh. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Marwān, Ashraf, 1944-2007.

Marwān, Ashraf.

Israel. Mosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim.

Israel.

Politicians--Egypt--Biography.

Politicians.

Spies.

Egypt.

Spies--Israel--Biography.

Spies--Egypt--Biography.

Israel-Arab War, 1973--Military intelligence--Israel.

Israel-Arab War, 1973.

Military intelligence.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 372 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]

Language Note:

Translated from the Hebrew.

Summary:

"The first English-language book to tell the sensational story of Ashraf Marwan, a top Egyptian official who spied for the Mossad and almost singlehandedly saved Israel from defeat in the Yom Kippur War. The Angel is a gripping feat of reportage that blows open the Mossad and reveals the shocking truth behind Marwan's mysterious death"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The funeral and the mystery

Cairo, 1944-1970: beginnings

London, 1970: contact

April 1971: enter military intelligence

May 1971: liftoff

The dream of every spy agency on Earth

Sadat's emissary for special affairs

Egypt girds for war

Final preparations and an intermezzo in Rome

Signing at sundown on Saturday

Dovecote: warning and war

The rise and fall of Ashraf Marwan

An angel in the city, a son-in-law exposed

Fallen angel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-355) and index.

National Jewish Book Awards - History, Winner, 2016

ISBN:

9780062420107

0062420100

9780062420138

0062420135

9780062420121

0062420127

OCLC:

954700799

Publisher Number:

40026258212

99968752617