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And I already knew the end of this A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, but I knew just enough to not know much at all. Today such an institution would be illegal; in it was considered "character-forming. I'm glad I finished it as the second half was much more coherent and focused more on the two or three main characters and honed in on Philby, the master spy who committed the great betrayal. Aunt Nancy firmly believed that Catholics were not fit to own pets since they did not believe animals had souls. It is frightening to think that both British and US intelligence were so taken in, and to consider the possibility that other moles are at work today on both sides of the Atlantic. Loading comments… Trouble loading? An advance of this title was sent to me as part of First Reads from librarything. There was too much information about some seemingly irrelevant figures that confused the main story. Want to Read saving…. The study not only looks at the spy services in terms of the Second World War and Cold War, but also in terms of class. I researched James Jesus Angleton for my last book, The Kennedy Endeavor, and knew he was a broken man-- just one 'among the friends'. Ben Macintyre was a journalist with the Times of London. While many of his MI6 colleagues felt deeply betrayed by his spying, a few expressed no hard feelings. It is frightening to think that both British and US intelligence were so taken in, and to consider the possibility that other moles are at work today on both sides o An outstanding read. One moment Nicholas Elliott was at Ascot Racecourse, watching the favorite, Quashed, come romping home atand the next, rather to his own surprise, he was a spy. Mar 27, Liza Fireman rated it liked it Shelves: read-from-shelfebookshelf In Philby's case, as the son of a distinguished, eccentric and distant father, he learned early how to ingratiate and endear himself with people. He was actually found to be a spy and suspected to be a spy several times. Employment : A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal do not routinely answer questions about employment beyond the information on this Web site, and we do not routinely answer inquiries about the status of job applications. Sort order. Charm and good looks are always difficult to accept in a villain. The new-style MI6 did not do jokes. Nicholas grew up convinced that "Claude was highly embarrassed by my very existence. This leads to several disasters, including the rounding up and eliminating British Agents attempting to infiltrate in to Albania, the complete destruction of those in East Germany who would help the Western cause among other things. Two days later, at three in the morning, Elliott and Hearson broke into Hamburg's port by climbing over the wall. Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Ben Macintyre tells the A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal of Kim Philby a member of the British upper class. When devouring this thriller, I had to keep reminding myself it was not a novel. Read more And Eleanor? The ambassadors of Britain, France, and the United States did not attend, having been withdrawn after Hitler's march on Czechoslovakia, but some twenty-three other countries sent representatives to wish Hitler a happy birthday. An extraordinary book If you were not aware that it is factual, you would assume that this astonishing account was pure fiction — but it is certainly a riveting read and another well written and entertaining book from the talented Ben Macintyre. From the balcony of the apartment there was a clear view of Hitler on his saluting podium. Highly recommended. We will work to protect all information you provide, including your identity, and our interactions with you will be respectful and professional. He lost his job in when the German authorities, suspicious of his exotically mixed heritage, demanded A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal of his Aryanism. Finally, one can be too close to an issue to think objectively. Opening Passage Two middle-aged spies are sitting in an apartment in the Christian Quarter, sipping tea and lying courteously to each other, as evening approaches. However, with limited staff and resources, we simply cannot respond to all who write to us. The young Elliott was therefore brought up by a succession of nannies and then shunted off to Durnford School in Dorset, a place with a tradition of brutality extreme even by the standards of British prep schools: every morning the boys were made to plunge naked into an unheated pool for the pleasure of the headmaster, whose wife liked to A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal improving literature out loud in the evenings with her legs stretched out over two small boys while a third tickled the soles of her feet. The book achieved neither of these aims very well, firstly because it is a simple restatement of the facts as we know them of Philby's secret life, and the hook of the book, being Philby's friendship with Nicholas Elliott, in the end was nothing more than a peg to hang the narrative on. Everyone trusted each other and Kim Philby was one of the most popular of this group. Unfolding the delicious three-way gamesmanship between America, Britain, and the Soviet Union, and culminating in the gripping cinematic beat-by-beat of Gordievsky's nail-biting escape from Moscow inBen Macintyre's latest may be his best yet. Inafter training as German spy in occupied France, Chapman was parachuted into Britain with a revolver, a wireless, and a cyanide pill, with orders from the Abwehr to blow up an airplane factory. Philby is probably one of the best known and notorious spies in history. Outwardly his diplomatic life continued as before; secretly he began his novitiate in the strange religion of British intelligence. I wasn't even half-way into this book when I knew it was going to A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal a 5 star read. Basil Fisher was Elliott's first and closest friend. HardcoverFirst Editionpages. The problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and his lovers was to know where one persona ended and the other began.