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Well written, but with a disappointing climax.
Alan Williams had as a student assisted in the 1956 Hungarian Uprising and subsequently worked behind the Iron Curtain as a journalist so the scenes in the Soviet Union carry a real air of authenticity. He also assisted in smuggling Solzhenitsyn's Cancer Ward out of the Soviet Union!
I’m always fascinated by Philby and the Cambridge Five and so was looking forward to reading this.
The book starts off a fast rate with a style that is not James Bond, bu ...more
Alan Williams had as a student assisted in the 1956 Hungarian Uprising and subsequently worked behind the Iron Curtain as a journalist so the scenes in the Soviet Union carry a real air of authenticity. He also assisted in smuggling Solzhenitsyn's Cancer Ward out of the Soviet Union!
I’m always fascinated by Philby and the Cambridge Five and so was looking forward to reading this.
The book starts off a fast rate with a style that is not James Bond, bu ...more
Feb 04, 2017
James Mackenzie
marked it as to-read
Sep 29, 2018
Peter Kavanagh
marked it as to-read
