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A spy named Orphan : the enigma of Donald Maclean

Author
Philipps, Roland, author.
Title
A spy named Orphan : the enigma of Donald Maclean / Roland Philipps.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018] ©2018
Description
440 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Portion of title
Enigma of Donald Maclean
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Purity in thought
  • Dared to question
  • Orphan
  • Lyric
  • City of light
  • Left Bank
  • Blitz and Barbarossa
  • Homer
  • Iron Curtain
  • Distant thunder
  • Access all areas
  • Chaos on the Nile
  • Collapse
  • Reconciliation
  • Curzon
  • Endgame
  • Establishment
  • Into the wilderness
  • Comrade Frazer.
Summary
"Donald Maclean was one of the most treacherous spies of the Cold War era, a member of the infamous "Cambridge Five" spy ring. Yet little is known of this shrewd, secretive man. The full extent of his betrayal has never been documented--until now. Drawing on the recent release of previously classified files, A Spy Named Orphan meticulously documents the extraordinary story of a man leading a chilling double life until his exposure and defection to the USSR. Roland Philipps describes a man prone to alcoholic rages, who rose through the ranks of the British Foreign Office while secretly transmitting through his Soviet handlers reams of diplomatic and military secrets detailing intelligence on the making of the atom bomb and the division of power in postwar Europe. His story has inspired an entire genre of spy movies and novels, but no one so far has written the definitive story of the man code-named "Orphan.""--Provided by publisher.
Subject headings
Maclean, Donald, 1913-1983. Great Britain. Foreign Office--Biography. Spies--Great Britain--Biography. Spies--Soviet Union--Biography. Espionage, Soviet--Great Britain--History.
Genre heading
Nonfiction. Biography Nonfiction Biographies. History. True crime stories. True crime stories. Biographies.
ISBN
9780393608571 (hardcover) 0393608573 (hardcover)

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Herman B Wells Library
Call Number
DA585.A1 P55 2018
Location
Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks
Floor
5th Floor, East Tower
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Library
Columbus - University Library of Columbus
Call Number
DA585.A1 P55 2018
Location
Columbus Library - Stacks
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