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A Spy Named Orphan Roland Philipps

A Spy Named Orphan von Roland Philipps

A Spy Named Orphan Roland Philipps

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A Spy Named Orphan Zusammenfassung

A Spy Named Orphan: The Enigma of Donald Maclean Roland Philipps

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

A Spy Named Orphan Bewertungen

Brilliantly fluent...fascinating...[Philipps] writes so cleanly, and at such a clip, handling the big scenes with aplomb...This biography first grips and then lingers long in the mind. It is a page-turner of the most empathetic kind. -- Rachel Cooke * Guardian *
Superb...full of contemporary relevance... Philipps relates the complex narrative of Maclean's treason...with tremendous aplomb, limpidity and acuity -- WILLIAM BOYD * New Statesman *
With A Spy Named Orphan, the last piece of this bizarre jigsaw falls into place. The outline story is familiar, but the amount of new detail here - on Maclean's personal, professional, and secret lives - exceeds all expectations. Roland Philipps has managed to make the new material come alive by relating it intimately to its historical context, of which he has a deep and sympathetic understanding. -- Sebastian Faulks, author of BIRDSONG
The definitive account of the life of a gifted traitor... Impressive... By drawing on a wealth of previously classified material, Philipps weaves a gripping tale of misplaced loyalty, intrigue and betrayal that is unlikely to be bettered -- Dominic Midgley * Daily Express *
Fascinating and page-turning. An exceptional story of espionage and betrayal, thrillingly told. I devoured it. -- Philippe Sands, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for EAST WEST STREET

Über Roland Philipps

Roland Philipps worked in publishing as the editor of some leading novelists, politicians, historians, travellers and biographers. His first book, A Spy Named Orphan: The Enigma of Donald Maclean, was published in 2018 to wide acclaim.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR009781899
9781784703578
1784703575
A Spy Named Orphan: The Enigma of Donald Maclean Roland Philipps
Roland Philipps
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Broschiert
Vintage Publishing
20190221
480
Short-listed for Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2019 (UK)
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