Paul Levy

James Klugmann and Guy Burgess: the wasted lives of spies

According to their latest biographies, two of the cleverest men at the heart of the Cambridge spy ring failed to achieve anything — or even caused much damage

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  • The Shadow Man: At the Heart of the Cambridge Spy Circle

    Geoff Andrews

    I.B Tauris, pp. 288

  • Stalin’s Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess

    Andrew Lownie

    Hodder, pp. 448

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