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Kim Philby is perhaps the most notorious British defector in history. He betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War. Philbys two closest friends in the intelligence world, Nicholas Elliott of MI6 and James Jesus Angleton, the CIA intelligence chief, thought they knew Philby better than anyone, and then discovered they had not known him at all. This is a story of loyalty, trust and treachery, class and conscience. With access to newly released MI5 files and previously unseen papers, it unlocks what is perhaps the last great secret of the Cold War.

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Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, he betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War.
Philby´s two closest friends in the intelligence world, Nicholas Elliott of MI6 and James Jesus Angleton, the CIA intelligence chief, thought they knew Philby better than anyone, and then discovered they had not known him at all. This is a story of intimate duplicity; of loyalty, trust and treachery, class and conscience; of an ideological battle waged by men with cut-glass accents and well-made suits in the comfortable clubs and restaurants of London and Washington; of male friendships forged, and then systematically betrayed.
With access to newly released MI5 files and previously unseen family papers, and with the cooperation of former officers of MI6 and the CIA, this definitive biography unlocks what is perhaps the last great secret of the Cold War.

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Ben Macintyre - Kolumnist der Times. Er war zunächst Redakteur der Weekend Review, bevor er für die Times als Chefkorrespondent nach New York , Paris und Washington ging. Macintyre lebt heute mit seiner Frau und drei Kindern in London und hat mehrere historisch Sachbücher veröffentlicht.

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Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor on ´The Times´. He has worked as the newspaper´s correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. He is the author of several books. He lives in London with his wife and three children.

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