{"product_id":"the-umbrella-murder-9780753560174","title":"The Umbrella Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ulrik Skotte\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ebury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ebury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Modern - 20th Century - Cold War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'This masterly investigation, spanning 30 years, into the assassination of a cold war dissident, Georgi Markov, in London in 1978 exposes an assassin worthy of James Bond' -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eObserver, Book of the Week\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon, September 1978: exiled Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is murdered in broad daylight on Waterloo Bridge with what appears to be a poison-tipped umbrella. It would become the most infamous unsolved killing of the Cold War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on an incredible cache of original documents, interviews and archive material, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Umbrella Murder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ebury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087824773271,"sku":"9780753560174","price":1408.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780753560174.webp?v=1769202953","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-umbrella-murder-9780753560174","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}