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From the catch of Sidney Reilly, the 'Ace of Spies', by Lenin's Bolsheviks in 1925, to the deportation from the USA of Anna Chapman, the 'Redhead under the Mattress', in 2010, Kremlin and Western spymasters have battled for supremacy for nearly a century. In Fraud Ed Lucas reveals the actual history of Chapman and her co-workers in Britain and America, unveiling their covert tasks and the criminal-hunt that resulted in their problem. It shows unfamiliar problems and triumphs of American intelligence in the Cold-War, giving the back ground for the " new world " of governmental and commercial espionage. To inform the tale of post-Soviet espionage, Lucas draws on exclusive interviews with Russiais leading NATO traveler, Herman Simm, and uncovers the treatment of the Moscow attorney who dared to challenge the ruling legal syndicate there.