The Resource Stalin's Englishman : Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge spy ring, Andrew Lownie
Stalin's Englishman : Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge spy ring, Andrew Lownie
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The item Stalin's Englishman : Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge spy ring, Andrew Lownie represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- "Guy Burgess was the most important, complex, and fascinating of The Cambridge Spies--Maclean, Philby, Blunt--brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray their country to the Soviet Union. An engaging and charming companion to many, an unappealing, utterly ruthless manipulator to others, Burgess rose through academia, the BBC, the Foreign Office, MI5 and MI6, gaining access to thousands of highly sensitive secret documents which he passed to his Russian handlers. In this first full biography, Andrew Lownie shows us how even Burgess's chaotic personal life of drunken philandering did nothing to stop his penetration and betrayal of the British Intelligence Service. Even when he was under suspicion, the fabled charm which had enabled many close personal relationships with influential establishment figures (including Winston Churchill) prevented his exposure as a spy for many years. Through interviews with more than a hundred people who knew Burgess personally, many of whom have never spoken about him before, and the discovery of hitherto secret files, Stalin's Englishman brilliantly unravels the many lives of Guy Burgess in all their intriguing, chilling, colorful, tragi-comic wonder"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 433 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250100993
- Label
- Stalin's Englishman : Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge spy ring
- Title
- Stalin's Englishman
- Title remainder
- Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge spy ring
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrew Lownie
- Title variation
- Stalins Englishman
- Title variation remainder
- Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge spy ring
- Subject
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- 1900-1999
- Biographies
- Biography
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- British Broadcasting Corporation -- Biography
- Burgess, Guy, 1911-1963
- Burgess, Guy, 1911-1963
- trueEspionage
- Espionage, Soviet
- Espionage, Soviet -- Great Britain -- History
- Great Britain
- trueGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- Great Britain -- Relations -- Soviet Union
- Great Britain, Foreign Office
- Great Britain, Foreign Office -- Biography
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain
- History
- Intelligence service
- trueIntelligence service
- Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- International relations
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Intelligence
- Soviet Union
- trueSoviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
- Soviet Union -- Relations -- Great Britain
- trueSpies
- Spies
- Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- Biographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Guy Burgess was the most important, complex, and fascinating of The Cambridge Spies--Maclean, Philby, Blunt--brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray their country to the Soviet Union. An engaging and charming companion to many, an unappealing, utterly ruthless manipulator to others, Burgess rose through academia, the BBC, the Foreign Office, MI5 and MI6, gaining access to thousands of highly sensitive secret documents which he passed to his Russian handlers. In this first full biography, Andrew Lownie shows us how even Burgess's chaotic personal life of drunken philandering did nothing to stop his penetration and betrayal of the British Intelligence Service. Even when he was under suspicion, the fabled charm which had enabled many close personal relationships with influential establishment figures (including Winston Churchill) prevented his exposure as a spy for many years. Through interviews with more than a hundred people who knew Burgess personally, many of whom have never spoken about him before, and the discovery of hitherto secret files, Stalin's Englishman brilliantly unravels the many lives of Guy Burgess in all their intriguing, chilling, colorful, tragi-comic wonder"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10532848
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lownie, Andrew
- Dewey number
-
- 327.1247041092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Burgess, Guy
- Burgess, Guy
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- Great Britain
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- Great Britain
- Spies
- Espionage, Soviet
- Intelligence service
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- HISTORY
- Espionage, Soviet
- Intelligence service
- International relations
- Spies
- Great Britain
- Soviet Union
- Great Britain
- Soviet Union
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge spy ring
- Label
- Stalin's Englishman : Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge spy ring, Andrew Lownie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-414) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1794014
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 433 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250100993
- Lccn
- 2016028503
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781250100993
- (OCoLC)932576915
- Label
- Stalin's Englishman : Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge spy ring, Andrew Lownie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-414) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1794014
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 433 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250100993
- Lccn
- 2016028503
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781250100993
- (OCoLC)932576915
Subject
- 1900-1999
- Biographies
- Biography
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- British Broadcasting Corporation -- Biography
- Burgess, Guy, 1911-1963
- Burgess, Guy, 1911-1963
- trueEspionage
- Espionage, Soviet
- Espionage, Soviet -- Great Britain -- History
- Great Britain
- trueGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- Great Britain -- Relations -- Soviet Union
- Great Britain, Foreign Office
- Great Britain, Foreign Office -- Biography
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain
- History
- Intelligence service
- trueIntelligence service
- Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- International relations
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Intelligence
- Soviet Union
- trueSoviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
- Soviet Union -- Relations -- Great Britain
- trueSpies
- Spies
- Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- Biographies
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