Enemies Within

Informationen zum Autor Richard Davenport-Hines won the Wolfson Prize for History for his first book, ‘Dudley Docker’. He is an adviser to the ‘Oxford Dictionary of National Biography’ and has also written biographies of W.H. Auden and Marcel Proust. His most recent book, ‘Titanic Lives’ was published in 2012. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Society of Literature, he reviews for the Sunday Telegraph, the Sunday Times and the Times Literary Supplement. Klappentext What pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands? With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examines how and why these men and others betrayed their country and what this cost Britain and its allies. Zusammenfassung What pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands? With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examines how and why these men and others betrayed their country and what this cost Britain and its allies.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Davenport-Hines, Davenport-Hines Richard, RICHARD DAVENPORT HI
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9780007516698
• ISBN: 978-0-00-751669-8
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 43 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, True Crime / Espionage, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Espionage & secret services, Modern warfare, Espionage and secret services, Biography: historical, political and military, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, HISTORY / Russia / General