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Jul 29, 2014 a spy among friends kim philby and the great betrayal by ben macintyre. Philby was the inspiration for the character of british intelligence officer archibald arch cummings in the 2005 film the good shepherd. A spy among friends paperback kim philby and the great betrayal. Kim philby was the greatest spy in history, a brilliant and charming man who rose to head britains counterintelligence. Philby and the great betrayal ben macintyre 9781408851784. Kim philby and the great betrayal, by ben macintyre, crown. Kim philby and the great betrayal kim philby was the greatest spy in history, a brilliant and charming man who rose to head britains counterintelligence against the soviet union during the height of the cold warwhile he was secretly working for the enemy. A spy among friends is an absolutely captivating book.

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The 2005 film a different loyalty is an unattributed account taken from eleanor philby s book, kim philby. A spy among friends is as suspenseful as any novel, too, as the clues tighten around philbys guilt. Ben macintyre is a historian and documentary presenter. Kim philby and the great betrayal by ben macintyre crown macintyres thesis is that philby was shielded by the dumbly selfprotective ethos of the british upper.

Agent, double agent, traitor, and enigma, he betrayed every secret of allied operations to the russians in the early years of the cold war. Kim philbys deceptions are brought to light in deft and entertaining style. Boston globe macintyre is a superb writer, with an eye for the telling detail as fine as any novelistsa spy among friends is as suspenseful as any novel, too, as the clues tighten around philbys guilt. Kim philbys treacherous friendship with nicholas elliott ben macintyres account of kim philbys long friendship with the mi6 spy nicholas elliott is a. The book is the most comprehensive, and uptodate account of. Almost inadvertently, ben macintyre, a times columnist, provides a devastating critique of the british class system and the disasters that result when people assume they know people a spy among friends is an extraordinary book about a sordid profession in which the most important attribute is the. See all 9 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Kim philby and the great betrayal macintyre, ben, le carre, john on. Agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, he betrayed every secret of allied operations to the russians in the early years of the cold war. A spy among friends is an absolutely captivating book about. A spy among friends by ben mcintyre great pick for 2020. The book ends with an afterword by john le carrie who worked in mi6 during the same time as philby. Kim philby and the great betrayal kim philby was the most notorious british defector and soviet mole in history.

Macintyres focus on friendship brings an intimacy to this book that is missing from the cardboard stereotypes that populate spy novels and conventional espionage historiesim not a lover of spy novels. See all 21 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Harold adrian russell kim philby 1 january 1912 11 may 1988 was a british intelligence officer and a double agent for the soviet union. Jul 27, 2014 ben macintyres latest nonfiction thriller, a spy among friends, is about kim philby, the highlevel british spymaster who turned out to be a russian mole. Ben macintyres a spy among friends the new york times. Of the five, philby is believed to have been most successful. Kim philby and the great betrayal ben macintyre, 2014 crown publishing 384 pp. A spy among friends is an extraordinary book about a sordid profession in which the most important attribute is the ability to lie. Master storyteller ben macintyres most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth centurys greatest spy story. Kim philby and the great betrayal book online at best prices in india on. The stunning truth of his betrayal would have devastating consequences on the two men who thought they knew him best, and on the intelligence services he left crippled in his wake. The philby story has been told many times, but never with such sensitivity.

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