The first full biography of one of Britain's most notorious Cold War traitors. It contains material never published before from recently de-classified secret service files.
The first full biography of one of Britain's most notorious Cold War traitors. It contains material never published before from recently de-classified secret service files.
Stewart Purvis: Stewart Purvis is Professor of Television Journalism at City University, London. He co-authored When Reporters Cross the Line: The Heroes, the Villains, the Hackers and the Spies with Jeff Hulbert. Jeff Hulbert: Jeff Hulbert is a media historian and an honorary research fellow in the Journalism Department at City University, London. He co-authored When Reporters Cross the Line: The Heroes, the Villains, the Hackers and the Spies with Stewart Purvis.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction vii 1. 'A normal, healthy, English boy' 1 A disrupted education, 1911-30 2. 'A real rapscallion' 15 A scholarship student goes rogue, 1930-36 3. 'Mr Burgess is away today' 61 Serving more than one master, 1936-38 4. i am 'anxious to appoint a Mr Guy Burgess' 103 British Intelligence embraces a KGB spy, 1938-41 5. 'Everyone Under the Sun' 127 Networking at Westminster, 1941-44 6. 'An important promotion that can be put to valuable use' 175 Properly established in the establishment, 1944-50 7. 'Good reason to hope he would make a useful career' 211 Crucial decisions at the Foreign Office and MI5, 1950-51 8. 'This peculiarly British field of counter-espionage' 273 And then there were five spies, or was it six or seven? 1951 onwards 9. 'I had no idea how much I was loathed' 317 Settling into the USSR, 1951-56 10. 'I would rather like to go back to England' 347 Decline and death, 1956-63 11. 'Burgess is, of course, Brigadier Brilliant' 393 Towards the truth, 1951-2016 Bibliography 417 Acknowledgements 425 Endnotes 427 Index 463
Introduction vii 1. 'A normal, healthy, English boy' 1 A disrupted education, 1911-30 2. 'A real rapscallion' 15 A scholarship student goes rogue, 1930-36 3. 'Mr Burgess is away today' 61 Serving more than one master, 1936-38 4. i am 'anxious to appoint a Mr Guy Burgess' 103 British Intelligence embraces a KGB spy, 1938-41 5. 'Everyone Under the Sun' 127 Networking at Westminster, 1941-44 6. 'An important promotion that can be put to valuable use' 175 Properly established in the establishment, 1944-50 7. 'Good reason to hope he would make a useful career' 211 Crucial decisions at the Foreign Office and MI5, 1950-51 8. 'This peculiarly British field of counter-espionage' 273 And then there were five spies, or was it six or seven? 1951 onwards 9. 'I had no idea how much I was loathed' 317 Settling into the USSR, 1951-56 10. 'I would rather like to go back to England' 347 Decline and death, 1956-63 11. 'Burgess is, of course, Brigadier Brilliant' 393 Towards the truth, 1951-2016 Bibliography 417 Acknowledgements 425 Endnotes 427 Index 463
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