Cambridge Spies: The Untold Story of McLean, Philby, and Burgess

By Verne W. Newton

Book Overview

Three British diplomats and spies, Donald Maclean, Kim Philby, and Guy Burgess, did everything in their power to see to it that the Soviet Union prevailed in post-WWII clashes with the United States.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819180599
• ISBN13: 9780819180599
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Madison Books
• Length: 486 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

A flawed but valuable book

This is a valuable book and essential reading for anyone interested in the subject. Newton has very obvious biases - his mean-spirited portrayal of Philby, for example - but he conducted many interviews with the remaining principals, did much research in the US files, came up with some interesting material on the crucial role of Maclean, and takes a thought-provoking look at the murky circumstances of Burgess and Maclean's defection. Newton is inclined to hyperbole and drama and goes off on some odd tangents, but his views are a useful corrective to the hyper-romantic view of the recent BBC television series, "Cambridge Spies." Worth checking out.