{"product_id":"the-crown-jewels-nigel-west-9780300078060","title":"The Crown Jewels: The British Secrets at the Heart of the KGB Archives","description":"This lively account of Soviet foreign intelligence activity in Great Britain during the Cold War is based on documents newly released from the KGB archives, their \"crown jewels,\" as the KGB unofficially called its most valuable assets. Written by Nigel West, called by the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \"\u003c\/i\u003ethe unofficial historian of the secret services\" and Oleg Tsarev, a former KGB lieutenant colonel, \u003ci\u003eThe Crown Jewels \u003c\/i\u003eprovides\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003emuch new information on the activities of all the well-known British pro-Soviet spies, including Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, and Anthony Blunt, as well as many lesser-known spymasters and recruiters, reproducing many of their reports for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book adds unsuspected dimensions to the famous Cambridge ring (including details of Burgess's offer to murder his fellow conspirator Goronwy Rees). It also reveals a completely unknown Soviet network based in London and headed by a named \u003ci\u003eDaily Herald \u003c\/i\u003ejournalist; describes the huge scale of Soviet penetration of the British Foreign Office from 1927 to 1951; explores a previously unknown spy ring in Oxford; and tells about the key role played by Blunt in supervising post-war Soviet espionage activities in London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nigel West, Oleg Tsarev\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300078064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300078060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.58h x 6.47w x 1.26d","brand":"Nigel West","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46401231782143,"sku":"9780300078060","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b5c383bf-6be3-46f0-aa74-7e90bd9c5c26.jpg?v=1733887120","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-crown-jewels-nigel-west-9780300078060","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}