Enemies Within: Communists, the Cambridge Spies and the Making of Modern Britain

di Richard Davenport-Hines (Autore)

Richard Trinder (Narratore)

William Collins, 2018

What pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands? With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examines how and why these men and others betrayed their country and what this cost Britain and its allies. Enemies Within is a new history of the influence of Moscow on Britain told through the stories of those who chose to spy for the Soviet Union. It also challenges entrenched assumptions about abused trust, corruption and Establishment cover-ups that began with the Cambridge Five and the disappearance of Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean on the night boat to Saint-Malo in 1951. In a book that is as intellectually thrilling as it is entertaining and illuminating, Richard Davenport-Hines traces the bonds between individuals, networks and organisations over generations to offer a study of character, both individual and institutional. At its core lie the operative traits of boarding schools, the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the Intelligence Division, Foreign Office, MI5, MI6 and Moscow Centre. Davenport-Hines tells many stories of espionage, counter-espionage and treachery. With its vast scope, ambition and scholarship, Enemies Within charts how the undermining of authority, the rejection of expertise and the suspicion of educational advantages began, and how these have transformed the social and political temper of modern Britain. In this top-rated autobiography, Richard Davenport-Hines explores the historical context of crime and betrayal in the 20th century. The book provides a detailed account of the criminals who chose to spy for Russia, offering a unique insight into the political dynamics of Europe and the former Soviet Union. For fans of Ben Macintyre (The Spy and the Traitor), Andrew Lownie (Stalin's Englishman), Christopher Clark (Kaiser Wilhelm II), Anna Keay (The Magnificent Monarch), and Richard Bassett (Hitler's Spy Chief).

• Autore: Richard Davenport-Hines
• Narratore: Richard Trinder
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 00:10:28
• Anno edizione: 2018
• Editore: William Collins
• EAN: 9780008243852

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