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The daughter and the double agent

The daughter and the double agent

FromLives Less Ordinary


The daughter and the double agent

FromLives Less Ordinary

ratings:
Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Jan 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

As a young woman Ieva Lesinska was faced with an agonising choice. Defect to the US with her double agent father, or stay in Latvia with her mother and renounce him as a traitor. Ieva says it was like she was living in a spy movie, and a film has now been made about her life, it's called: 'My father, the spy.'

Presenter: Emily Webb
Producer: Deiniol Buxton

Picture: Ieva Lesinska as a toddler with her father Imants Lesinski
Credit: Ieva Lesinska
Released:
Jan 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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