| Description |
1 online resource (543 pages) |
| Series |
Aurum history |
| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Dedication; Contents; Author's Note; Foreword and Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1 A Question of Identity; 2 Resistance; 3 Flight to England; 4 Secret Intelligence Service; 5 Cold War; 6 Cambridge; 7 Captive in Korea; 8 Death March; 9 Stalin's New Recruit; 10 Hero; 11 Secrets of the Tunnel; 12 Berlin; 13 Discovery; 14 The Unmasking; 15 Confession; 16 Trial; 17 Prison; 18 Breakout; 19 Hiding; 20 Moscow; 21 Endgame; Sources; Index; Copyright |
| Summary |
On 3 May 1961, after a trial conducted largely in secret, a man named George Blake was sentenced to an unprecedented forty-two years in jail. At the time few details of his crimes were made known. By his own confession he was a Soviet spy and rumours later circulated that his actions had endangered British agents, but the reasons for such a severe punishment were never revealed. To the public, Blake was simply the greatest traitor of the Cold War. Yet, as Roger Hermiston reveals in this thrilling new biography, his story touches not only the depths of treachery, but also the heights of h |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Blake, George, 1922-2020
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| SUBJECT |
Blake, George, 1922-2020 fast |
| Subject |
Espionage, Soviet -- Great Britain
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Spies -- Soviet Union -- Biography
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Espionage, Soviet
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Spies
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| SUBJECT |
Soviet Union -- History
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781781311356 |
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1781311358 |
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