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Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction
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The Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction is a detailed overview of the rich history and...
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Konstantina P.
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Konstantina was born in 1988 in Korinthos, Greece, and soon after her family moved to Lefkada where...
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I read everything and I love movies. I just graduated from Arizona State and am excited to have time...
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David McK (3721 KP) rated Argylle (2024) in Movies
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Heathski (173 KP) rated The Americans - Season 1 in TV
Feb 15, 2019
Great acting (1 more)
Tense and thrilling
Fantastic series
A fantastic tv series. Got completely hooked on it, although its not something I'd automatically look at, Im glad I did. It's tense and emotional, wraps you up and draws you into their world of deception and intrigue. Best spy fiction I've ever watched.
Erika (17789 KP) rated A Spy Among Friends: Philby and the Great Betrayal in Books
Feb 18, 2018
If you're looking for a non-fiction book that reads like fiction, this is definitely a must-read.
Kim Philby is infamous, he was responsible for compromising countless agents/missions from the 1930s to the 1960s. He's the inspiration behind a lot of spy fiction, one of the biggest ones being Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. The book has a few main sources, Philby himself in his strange memoir written after he fled to Moscow, Nicholas Elliot, a friend and co-worker from MI-6, and James Angleton, also a friend from the CIA. Of course, hindsight is 20/20, but there were so many signs of treachery, it's hard to believe that it took 30 years to finally get a confession from him.
And, I mean, come on, the dude decided on giving himself the nickname of Kim, like the character in Rudyard Kipling's novel.
Kim Philby is infamous, he was responsible for compromising countless agents/missions from the 1930s to the 1960s. He's the inspiration behind a lot of spy fiction, one of the biggest ones being Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. The book has a few main sources, Philby himself in his strange memoir written after he fled to Moscow, Nicholas Elliot, a friend and co-worker from MI-6, and James Angleton, also a friend from the CIA. Of course, hindsight is 20/20, but there were so many signs of treachery, it's hard to believe that it took 30 years to finally get a confession from him.
And, I mean, come on, the dude decided on giving himself the nickname of Kim, like the character in Rudyard Kipling's novel.
An Officer and a Spy
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In the hunt for a spy, he exposed a conspiracy. The winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical...
Erika (17789 KP) rated The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War in Books
Feb 23, 2019
This is yet another non-fiction spy story by Ben Macintyre that reads like a novel. This book features the double-agent that began working for the KGB, and became an agent for the UK for ideological reasons.
My favorite section was the escape section, it was completely riveting and entertaining. I can't wait for Macintyre's next book.
My favorite section was the escape section, it was completely riveting and entertaining. I can't wait for Macintyre's next book.
