A Spy Named Orphan - The Enigma of Donald Maclean

Donald Maclean was a star diplomat, an establishment insider and a keeper of some of the West's greatest secrets. He was also a Russian spy...Codenamed 'Orphan' by his Russian recruiter, Maclean was Britain's most gifted traitor. But as he leaked huge amounts of top-secret intelligence, an international code-breaking operation was rapidly closing in on him. Moments before he was unmasked, Maclean escaped to Moscow.Drawing on a wealth of previously classified material, A Spy Named Orphan now tells this story for the first time in full, revealing the character and devastating impact of perhaps the most dangerous Soviet agent of the twentieth century.'Superb' William Boyd'Fascinating... An exceptional story of espionage and betrayal, thrillingly told' Philippe Sands'A cracking story... Impressively researched' Sunday Times'Philipps makes the story and the slow uncovering of [Maclean's] treachery a gripping narrative' Alan Bennett

Product details

• Authors: Roland Philipps, Philipps Roland
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781784703578
• ISBN: 978-1-78470-357-8
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Russia, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Political Ideologies, HISTORY / Military / World War II, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, International Relations, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Second World War, HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Espionage & secret services, Espionage and secret services, The Cold War, Political ideologies and movements, Cold wars and proxy conflicts