Originally Posted by
Jackonicko
Langley Baston,
Really rattling good reads on this stuff include Ben MacIntyre's 'A Spy Among Friends' about Philby, and 'The Spy and the Traitor' about Oleg Gordievsky.
MacIntyre is one of those blokes who writes history as though it was a fast-paced thriller.
Thank you, I have it on my shelf next to read.
I finished Burgess last night ....... good book, disgusting subject. He should have swung. As it is, his exile in Russia was not enjoyed, and he died amazingly young as his habits caught up with him.
My interest was piqued by watching the BBC2 two parter "Cambridge Spies", with a superb cast, such that I see the spies in my mind's eye as those actors.