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A spy named Orphan : the enigma of Donald Maclean / Roland Philipps.
Van Pelt Library UB271.R92 M335 2018
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LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating UB271.R92 P55 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Philipps, Roland, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maclean, Donald, 1913-1983.
- Maclean, Donald.
- Great Britain. Foreign Office.
- Spies--Great Britain--Biography.
- Spies.
- Espionage, Soviet.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Spies--Soviet Union--Biography.
- Soviet Union.
- Espionage, Soviet--Great Britain--History.
- Great Britain. Foreign Office--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- True crime stories.
- Nonfiction.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 440 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Enigma of Donald Maclean
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
- Summary:
- Donald Maclean was one of the most treacherous spies of the Cold War era and a key member of the infamous "Cambridge Five" spy ring, yet the full extent of this shrewd, secretive man's betrayal has never been explored--until now. Drawing on a wealth of previously classified files and unseen family papers, A Spy Named Orphan meticulously documents his extraordinary story.--Provided by Publisher.
- "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.
- Contents:
- Purity in thought
- Dared to question
- Orphan
- Lyric
- City of light
- Left Bank
- Blitz and Barbarossa
- Homer
- Iron Curtain
- Distant thunder
- Access all area
- Chaos on the Nile
- Collapse
- Reconciliation
- Curzon
- Endgame
- Establishment
- Into the wilderness
- Comrade Frazier.
- Access all areas
- Comrade Frazer.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-392) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780393608571
- 0393608573
- OCLC:
- 1031320246
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