The happy traitor : spies, lies and exile in Russia: the extraordinary story of George Blake
Kuper, Simon2021
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George Blake was a spy with Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and worked as a double agent for the Soviet Union. He became a communist and decided to work for the MGB while a prisoner during the Korean War. Discovered in 1961 and sentenced to 42 years in prison, he escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London in 1966 and fled to the Soviet Union. He was not one of the Cambridge Five spies, although he associated with Donald Maclean and Kim Philby after reaching the Soviet Union.
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Author:
Kuper, Simon, author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2021.
Collation:
288 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781781259382 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
327.12092920 BLA920 BLAK327.1209 KUPB BLA KUPB
Language:
English
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BRN:
2281806
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