Guy Burgess: Revolutionary in an Old School Tie (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780615895093)

Guy Burgess: Revolutionary in an Old School Tie is based on extensive research in archives, including those of the BBC, Eton, King's College (Cambridge), Christ Church (Oxford), the National Archives (Kew) and many others. It is the first book to take Burgess seriously as a political figure, interpreting his espionage activities in the context of the Depression, the Second World War and the first years of the Cold War. Guy Burgess: Revolutionary in an Old School Tie shows how Burgess used his flamboyant personality to conceal his extraordinary activities as the center of the Cambridge Five spy ring and how, after his departure for Moscow, that personality and his well-known homosexuality, were used by the British Establishment as part of its effort to minimize knowledge of his effectiveness as an agent.

Author: Michael H. Holzman
ISBN-10: 0615895093
ISBN-13: 9780615895093
Publisher: Chelmsford Press
Language: English
Published: 09/26/2013
Pages: 428
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.87d