A Spy Among Friends Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
Description
A gripping account of Kim Philby, the brilliant British intelligence officer who secretly served the Soviet Union while rising to the heart of the Western spy establishment. Through Philby’s complex friendship with fellow officer Nicholas Elliott, the book explores how charm, loyalty, class, and ideological conviction enabled one of the most devastating betrayals of the Cold War. It offers a tense portrait of espionage and deception, revealing the personal costs of treachery and the institutional failures that allowed a master spy to evade suspicion for so long.
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paperback
Crown
Published Jan 1, 2014
368 pages
ISBN: 9780804136631
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Details
First Published
2014
Language
eng
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Content and trigger warnings for A Spy Among Friends Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre.