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Giles Quintin Sykes Whittell (born 1966)[1][2] is an English author and journalist who has worked for The Times as Correspondent in Russia and the United States.

Whittell was educated at Sherborne School[2] and Christ's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1988).[3] He has worked for The Times of London since 1993, first as US West Coast Correspondent from 1993 to 1999 and later as Moscow Correspondent (1999–2001) and Washington Bureau Chief (2009–2011). As of 2019 he is the paper's chief leader writer.[4]

His books [5] include Lambada Country (1992), Extreme Continental (1994), Spitfire Women of World War II (2007) and Bridge of Spies, a New York Times bestselling account of the Cold War spy swap between Rudolf Abel, Gary Powers and Frederic Pryor on Be ...more

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	Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War 3.84 avg rating — 4,374 ratings — published 2010 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spitfire Women of World War II 3.93 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 2007 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snow: A Scientific and Cultural Exploration 3.63 avg rating — 219 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greatest Raid: St. Nazaire, 1942 4.04 avg rating — 159 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Extreme Continental: Blowing Hot and Cold Through Central Asia by Giles Whittell, Victor Gollancz 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lambada Country 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Central Asia 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Year That Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall by Michael Meyer (2009-09-03) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[Spitfire Women of World War II] [By: Whittell, G.] [January, 2008] by Giles Whittell, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Christmas 1961 was not a good time to be in jail as a spy in the Eastern Bloc. It was cold outside, miserable inside, and godless everywhere.”
― Giles Whittell, Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War

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“If anything ever happens to me, just remember I was doing what I thought was best for the most people.” It”
― Giles Whittell, Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War

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“Shock and awe was not invented for Saddam Hussein. It was invented for Joseph Stalin, and it worked pretty well.”
― Giles Whittell, Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War

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