Agent Moliere : the life of John Cairncross, the fifth man of the Cambridge spy circle
Andrews, Geoff, 1961-2023
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The Cambridge spies continue to fascinate - but one of them, John Cairncross, has always been more of an enigma than the others. He worked alone and was driven by his hostility to Fascism rather than to the promotion of Communism. During his war-time work at Bletchley Park, he passed documents to the Soviets which went on to influence the Battle of Kursk. Now, Geoff Andrews has access to the Cairncross papers and secrets, and has spoken to friends, relatives, and former colleagues. A complex individual emerges - a scholar as well as a spy - whose motivations have often been misunderstood.
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London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
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312 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
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Originally published: London: I.B. Tauris, 2020.
ISBN:
9781350384866 (pbk)
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920 CAI
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English
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2855427