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A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal

byBen Macintyre

Ben Macintyre tells the story of Kim Philby, the charming British intelligence officer who secretly served the Soviet Union while rising through MI6. His closest friend, fellow officer Nicholas Elliott, defended him for years, making the eventual betrayal both strategic disaster and personal devastation. Clubs, class privilege, wartime service, and institutional loyalty allowed Philby to evade suspicion despite mounting evidence. Macintyre combines espionage history with a study of friendship, showing how trust can become a spy's most effective disguise and how Britain's elite culture protected one of the twentieth century's most damaging double agents.

Publisher

Broadway Books

Publication date

May 12, 2015

Format

Print edition

Pages

384

ISBN

9780804136655