A spy named Orphan : the enigma of Donald Maclean /
Philipps, Roland,
A spy named Orphan : the enigma of Donald Maclean / Enigma of Donald Maclean Roland Philipps. - First edition. - 440 pages : illustrations, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Purity in thought -- Dared to question -- Orphan -- Lyric -- City of light -- Left Bank -- Blitz and Barbarossa -- Homer -- Iron Curtain -- Distant thunder -- Access all areas -- Chaos on the Nile -- Collapse -- Reconciliation -- Curzon -- Endgame -- Establishment -- Into the wilderness -- Comrade Frazer.
"Donald Maclean was one of the most treacherous spies of the Cold War era, a member of the infamous "Cambridge Five" spy ring. Yet little is known of this shrewd, secretive man. The full extent of his betrayal has never been documented--until now. Drawing on the recent release of previously classified files, A Spy Named Orphan meticulously documents the extraordinary story of a man leading a chilling double life until his exposure and defection to the USSR. Roland Philipps describes a man prone to alcoholic rages, who rose through the ranks of the British Foreign Office while secretly transmitting through his Soviet handlers reams of diplomatic and military secrets detailing intelligence on the making of the atom bomb and the division of power in postwar Europe. His story has inspired an entire genre of spy movies and novels, but no one so far has written the definitive story of the man code-named "Orphan.""--Provided by publisher.
9780393608571 0393608573
2017060974
Maclean, Donald, 1913-1983.
Great Britain. Foreign Office --Biography.
Spies--Great Britain--Biography.
Spies--Soviet Union--Biography.
Espionage, Soviet--History.--Great Britain
True crime stories.
Biographies.
A spy named Orphan : the enigma of Donald Maclean / Enigma of Donald Maclean Roland Philipps. - First edition. - 440 pages : illustrations, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Purity in thought -- Dared to question -- Orphan -- Lyric -- City of light -- Left Bank -- Blitz and Barbarossa -- Homer -- Iron Curtain -- Distant thunder -- Access all areas -- Chaos on the Nile -- Collapse -- Reconciliation -- Curzon -- Endgame -- Establishment -- Into the wilderness -- Comrade Frazer.
"Donald Maclean was one of the most treacherous spies of the Cold War era, a member of the infamous "Cambridge Five" spy ring. Yet little is known of this shrewd, secretive man. The full extent of his betrayal has never been documented--until now. Drawing on the recent release of previously classified files, A Spy Named Orphan meticulously documents the extraordinary story of a man leading a chilling double life until his exposure and defection to the USSR. Roland Philipps describes a man prone to alcoholic rages, who rose through the ranks of the British Foreign Office while secretly transmitting through his Soviet handlers reams of diplomatic and military secrets detailing intelligence on the making of the atom bomb and the division of power in postwar Europe. His story has inspired an entire genre of spy movies and novels, but no one so far has written the definitive story of the man code-named "Orphan.""--Provided by publisher.
9780393608571 0393608573
2017060974
Maclean, Donald, 1913-1983.
Great Britain. Foreign Office --Biography.
Spies--Great Britain--Biography.
Spies--Soviet Union--Biography.
Espionage, Soviet--History.--Great Britain
True crime stories.
Biographies.