| International Standard Book Number |
9781541704381
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| International Standard Book Number |
154170438X
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| Personal Name |
Senior, Antonia author aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2016013727
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| Title Statement |
Stalin's apostles : the Cambridge Five and the making of the Soviet empire / Antonia Senior.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Imprint |
©2026.
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| Imprint |
New York : PublicAffairs, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
viii, 462 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Introduction -- Part one: the calling -- Part two: the novitiate -- Part three: a devil's pact -- Part four: sheep's clothing -- Part five: peace upon them -- Part six: apostates -- Part seven: the descent -- Conclusion.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"The riveting story of the ring of spies known as the Cambridge Five, who infiltrated the highest levels of the British establishment and helped Stalin cement a half century of Soviet domination over Eastern Europe The Cambridge Five was the most infamous spy ring in history. Its members-Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, and John Cairncross-met at university, amid the left-wing ferment overtaking British campuses between the World Wars. The Five were soon recruited by Soviet agents and pledged allegiance to Stalin, and each quickly took up a place in the British government. From the 1930s, they funneled top-secret intelligence to the USSR, some so sensitive that their Soviet handlers feared a double cross. Their unmasking in 1951 rocked Britain, helping to end a chummy, boys' club stranglehold on the country's institutions of power. But, as Antonia Senior shows, the Five's treachery had much graver and more devastating consequences across the world. Their work invaluably aided Stalin as he sought to build a Red Empire, condemning millions across Eastern Europe to decades of repression, violence, and death. Rife with code names, smuggled documents, clandestine rendezvous, and copious amounts of gin, Stalin's Apostles wields impeccable research and storytelling and all the thrilling details and high tragedy of a classic spy thriller"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject |
Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoi bezopasnosti
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| Subject |
Cambridge Five (Spy ring)
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Spies Great Britain.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Spies Soviet Union.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Espionage, Soviet Great Britain.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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