Stalin's Englishman : Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge spy ring
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Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Status
Central - Adult Biography
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B BURGESS G
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Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiv, 433 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Street Date
1610
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Guy Burgess was the most important, complex, and fascinating of The Cambridge Spies--Maclean, Philby, Blunt--brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray their country to the Soviet Union. An engaging and charming companion to many, an unappealing, utterly ruthless manipulator to others, Burgess rose through academia, the BBC, the Foreign Office, MI5 and MI6, gaining access to thousands of highly sensitive secret documents which he passed to his Russian handlers. In this first full biography, Andrew Lownie shows us how even Burgess's chaotic personal life of drunken philandering did nothing to stop his penetration and betrayal of the British Intelligence Service. Even when he was under suspicion, the fabled charm which had enabled many close personal relationships with influential establishment figures (including Winston Churchill) prevented his exposure as a spy for many years. Through interviews with more than a hundred people who knew Burgess personally, many of whom have never spoken about him before, and the discovery of hitherto secret files, Stalin's Englishman brilliantly unravels the many lives of Guy Burgess in all their intriguing, chilling, colorful, tragi-comic wonder"--,Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographies.
British Broadcasting Corporation -- Biography.
Burgess, Guy, -- 1911-1963.
Espionage, Soviet -- Great Britain -- History.
Great Britain -- Relations -- Soviet Union.
Great Britain. -- Foreign Office -- Biography.
Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Soviet Union -- Relations -- Great Britain.
Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
British Broadcasting Corporation -- Biography.
Burgess, Guy, -- 1911-1963.
Espionage, Soviet -- Great Britain -- History.
Great Britain -- Relations -- Soviet Union.
Great Britain. -- Foreign Office -- Biography.
Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Soviet Union -- Relations -- Great Britain.
Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lownie, A. (2016). Stalin's Englishman: Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge spy ring (First U.S. edition.). St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lownie, Andrew. 2016. Stalin's Englishman: Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge Spy Ring. St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lownie, Andrew. Stalin's Englishman: Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge Spy Ring St. Martin's Press, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lownie, Andrew. Stalin's Englishman: Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge Spy Ring First U.S. edition., St. Martin's Press, 2016.
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