Stalin s Apostles
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The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire
STALIN'S APOSTLES is a radical new look at the way five people allowed their obsession with Communist ideology to overshadow any sense of morality or decency - or loyalty to their country. Why did these gilded, charming men, blessed with brains, and beauty and opportunities, choose to betray their country?
Using recently declassified files, STALIN'S APOSTLES explores as never before the treachery of Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Kim Philby, John Cairncross and Keeper of the Queen's Pictures Anthony Blunt, all radicalised while at Cambridge University in the 1930s. The Five became tools in Stalin's imperial scheme, responsible directly and indirectly for the death of thousands of men and women fighting against Soviet domination. The legacy of the Cambridge Five is not only in the graveyards of eastern Europe, but at the heart of Putin's Kremlin.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781399727891
- Author: Antonia Senior
- Pub date: 21.07.26
- RRP: $70.00
- Format: Hardback
Author
Antonia Senior
Antonia Senior studied the history of the intelligence services under Professor Christopher Andrew at Cambridge University. She was also taught the history of the Russian Revolution by Professor Orlando Figes. This led to a lifelong fascination with the impact of Marxism, the relationship between the West and Russia, the Cold War and espionage. She spent thirteen years at The Times covering business and finance before she became one of the paper's leader writers. Stalin's Apostles is her first work of non-fiction.
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