The Resource A spy among friends : Kim Philby and the great betrayal, Ben Macintyre
A spy among friends : Kim Philby and the great betrayal, Ben Macintyre
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 567 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9780804194495
- Label
- A spy among friends : Kim Philby and the great betrayal
- Title
- A spy among friends
- Title remainder
- Kim Philby and the great betrayal
- Statement of responsibility
- Ben Macintyre
- Title variation
- spy among friends
- Title variation remainder
- Kim Philbys great betrayal
- Subject
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- truePhilby, Kim, 1912-1988
- trueDouble agents
- trueSpies -- Soviet Union -- Biography
- trueLife stories -- Law and order | Spies and secret agents
- trueBetrayal
- trueElliott, Nicholas, 1916-1994
- trueSecret service -- Great Britain
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Large type books
- trueSoviet Union -- History -- 1953-1991
- Espionage, Soviet -- Great Britain -- History
- trueHistory Writing -- Spies and Spying
- trueBiographies
- trueSpies -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueKGB -- British operations
- trueAngleton, James, 1917-1987
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- The revelation in 1963 that British MI6 agent Kim Philby had betrayed Britain to the Soviets for decades rocked the Western intelligence community. In A Spy Among Friends, acclaimed journalist Ben Macintyre portrays Philby's extensive career and analyzes both his motives for selling out his country and why his treason went undetected for so long. This fascinating account delves into the gentlemen's club that was MI6 at the time Philby worked there -- upper-crust acceptance of a man who was "one of us" protected Philby from exposure. Anyone interested in Cold War history or the annals of spycraft will find Macintyre's account both riveting and chilling. -- Description by Katherine Bradley Johnson
- Award
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- Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, 2015.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2014
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10317269
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- Dewey number
- 327.1247041092
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- Kim Philby's great betrayal
- Label
- A spy among friends : Kim Philby and the great betrayal, Ben Macintyre
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 567 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780804194495
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780804194495
- (OCoLC)887025154
- Label
- A spy among friends : Kim Philby and the great betrayal, Ben Macintyre
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 567 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780804194495
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780804194495
- (OCoLC)887025154
Subject
- trueAngleton, James, 1917-1987
- trueBetrayal
- trueBiographies
- trueDouble agents
- trueElliott, Nicholas, 1916-1994
- Espionage, Soviet -- Great Britain -- History
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- 20th century
- trueHistory Writing -- Spies and Spying
- trueKGB -- British operations
- Large type books
- trueLife stories -- Law and order | Spies and secret agents
- truePhilby, Kim, 1912-1988
- trueSecret service -- Great Britain
- trueSoviet Union -- History -- 1953-1991
- trueSpies -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueSpies -- Soviet Union -- Biography
Genre
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- trueElizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2014
- trueSpies, Lies, and Secret Ops
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