Confessions of a Soviet Spy
The Top-Secret Tapes of Anthony Blunt, One Of The ‘Cambridge Five’
$67.99
- Hardcover
232 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2027
Summary
In April 1964, MI5’s most successful molehunter, Arthur Martin, who had been investigating the notorious Cambridge spy-ring since the defections of Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean in May 1951, unexpectedly acquired the leverage to persuade Professor Sir Anthony Blunt to confess. At that time Blunt, a celebrated art historian, was director of London University’s Courtauld Institute, and was also employed as Keeper of the Queen’s Pictures.
Recruited by Stalin’s NKVD in the 1930s while at…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781036185701 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1036185702 |
| Author: | Nigel West |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
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Nigel West
Nigel West is a military historian specializing in security and intelligence issues. He was noted by The Sunday Times as having “information [that] is often so precise that many people believe he is the unofficial historian of the secret services. His books are peppered with deliberate clues to potential front-page stories.” In 1989, he was voted ‘The Experts’ Expert’ by the Observer, and in 2003, he was awarded the U.S. Association of Former Intelligence Officers’ first Lifetime Literature Achievement Award. He currently serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence.
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