a spy among friends kim philby and the great betrayal

When devouring this thriller, I had to keep reminding myself it was not a novel. He has written a narrative about that most complex of topics, friendship. 'Macintyre has produced more than just a spy story. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, Shelf Awareness Based on personal papers and never-before-seen British intelligence files and told with heart-pounding suspense and keen psychological insight, A Spy Among Friends is a fascinating portrait of a Cold War spy and the countrymen who remained willfully blind to his treachery. So how was this cunning double-agent finally exposed? In A Spy Among Friends, Ben Macintyre expertly weaves the heart-pounding tale of how Philby almost got away with it all-and what happened when he was finally unmasked. Every word uttered in confidence to Philby made its way to Moscow, sinking almost every important Anglo-American spy operation for twenty years and costing hundreds of lives.

But he was secretly betraying them both: He was working for the Russians the entire time. Together with Elliott and Angleton he stood on the front lines of the Cold War, holding Communism at bay.

Philby was a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain's counterintelligence against the Soviet Union. Wodehouse.'-Walter Isaacson, New York Times Book Review Who was Kim Philby? Those closest to him-like his fellow MI6 officer and best friend since childhood, Nicholas Elliot, and the CIA's head of counterintelligence, James Jesus Angleton-knew him as a loyal confidant and an unshakeable patriot. ' reads like a story by Graham Greene, Ian Fleming, or John le Carré, leavened with a dollop of P. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The epic true story of Kim Philby, the Cold War's most infamous spy, from the 'master storyteller' ( San Francisco Chronicle ) and author of Prisoners of the Castle.

A spy among friends kim philby and the great betrayal