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Loading... My Five Cambridge Friends: Burgess, Maclean, Philby, Blunt, and Cairncross by Their KGB Controller (edition 1995)by Yuri Modin, Jean-Charles Deniau, Aguieszka Ziarek
Work InformationMy Five Cambridge Friends: Burgess, Maclean, Philby, Blunt, and Cairncross by Their KGB Controller by Yuri MODIN
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Highly readable account of the Cambridge 5 written by their Soviet contact. Alarming, intriguing, exciting. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Much has been written about the notorious British spies Guy Burgess, Donald MacLean, Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross, known collectively as the Cambridge Five - but never before from the Soviet side. In this enthralling account, Yuri Modin - their KGB controller, protector, confidant, and link to Moscow - offers unique insight into the true characters and intrigues of the legendary five. Modin reveals previously unknown details about how the Cambridge spies passed on their information and what they provided to the Soviet secret service. In vivid descriptions based on firsthand knowledge, he reveals how Burgess and MacLean made their spectacular escape to Moscow, the games Melinda MacLean played with both sides before defecting with her children. What pushed Philby to crack in 1983 and flee to Moscow as well, and how the Cambridge spies fared in the U.S.S.R.A real-life John Le Carre Thriller, this book provides a fascinating new view into one of the cold war's hottest chapters. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)327.12470410922Social sciences Political Science International Relations Foreign policy and specific topics in international relations Espionage and subversion Intelligence Gathering - EuropeLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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