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Jan 29, 2020 cambridge companions are lively, accessible introductions to major writers, artists, philosophers, topics and periods. Andrew, who is a longtime history don at cambridge, begins his bookas long and. A wideranging and accessible account of the history of the book from ancient inscription to contemporary e books, within local, national and global contexts. Burgess, maclean, philby, blunt, and cairncross by their kgb controller by. In 1914, on the brink of war, french officials became so consumed with an. Cambridge philosophical society, cambridge university press. This question is not so easy to solve, because the british authorities had every incentive to minimize the perceived damage these spies had inflicted. Cambridge core international relations and international organisations the cambridge history of. Blunt became a communist in the early 1930s and was recruited by the nkvd later kgb, the soviet security agency. Burgess, maclean, philby, blunt, and cairncross by their kgb controller yuri modin, jeancharles deniau, aguieszka ziarek, anthony roberts, david leitch on.
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The history and legacy of the notorious soviet spy ring in britain during world war ii and the cold war chronicles the wars most infamous spy ring and its activities. The cambridge spy ring was a ring of spies in the united kingdom that passed information to. My silent war is a brilliantly cynical confection of truth, halftruth, lies and. Cambridge histories cambridge histories is the essential reference collection spanning 350 volumes in 10 subject areas. Cambridge ancient history, 2nd edition series librarything. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. Cambridge histories ebooks the university library the.
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The cambridge companion to the history of the book. Jan 25, 1991 the cambridge spies this book about kim philby, donald maclean and guy burgess focuses mainly on the question. All are collections of specially commissioned essays, shaped and introduced to appeal to student readers. The cambridge five consisted of kim philby, donald maclean, guy burgess, anthony blunt, and john cairncross, all cambridge graduates, who made their careers in various british government agencies including the secret intelligence service.
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