Author
Ben Macintyre
0 award wins, 2 nominations across 2 books.
Benedict Richard Pierce Macintyre is a British author, historian, reviewer and columnist writing for The Times newspaper. His columns range from current affairs to historical controversies. - Wikipedia
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
Published 2014-03-03 · 384 pages
Kim Philby was the greatest spy in history, a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain's counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War, while he was secretly working for the enemy. Nobody thought he knew Philby like Nicholas Elliott, Philby's best friend and fellow officer in MI6. But Philby was secretly betraying his friend. Every word Elliott breathed to Philby was transmitted back to Moscow, along with those of James Jesus Angleton, head of the CIA.
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The Spy and the Traitor
384 pages
Traces the story of Russian intelligence operative Oleg Gordievsky, revealing how his secret work as an undercover MI6 informant helped hasten the end of the Cold War.
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