The great betrayal: The untold story of Kim Philby's biggest coup

by Nicholas Bethell

nice book to read

Hardcover

First published October 1, 1985

About the author

Nicholas William Bethell, 4th Baron Bethell (19 July 1938 – 8 September 2007) was a British politician. He was a historian of Central and Eastern Europe. He was also a translator and human rights activist. He sat in the House of Lords as a Conservative from 1967 to 1999. He served as an appointed member of the European Assembly from 1975 to 1979, and as an elected Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1994, and from 1999 to 2003.

Reviews

[Valerie Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am assuming this is The Great Betrayal because I cannot find that title only this one. Assuming it is, as with The Last Secret by the same author, it's a disturbing read. My heart still goes out to the Albanians.

[Leslie Zunker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, brief history of post-WWII Albania

[Bardhyl · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great account of CIA's & MI6's efforts to topple the Communist regime in Albania during 1949-1953 using Albanian dissidents. Better than Lulushi's book.