Dangerous Friends - Jenny Rees

Dangerous Friends

My Father and the Cambridge Spy Ring

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
320 Seiten
2022
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Verlag)
978-1-4746-2640-8 (ISBN)
18,65 inkl. MwSt
SPIES... FAMILIES... SECRETS - perfect for anyone who enjoyed A SPY AMONG FRIENDS
A fascinating true story of one man's connection to the Cambridge Spy Ring and his daughter's search for the truth.
'A book which deserves nothing but praise' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
SPIES... FAMILIES... SECRETS - perfect for anyone who enjoyed A SPY AMONG FRIENDS

Originally published as LOOKING FOR MR NOBODY

A fascinating true story of one man's connection to the Cambridge Spy Ring and his daughter's search for the truth.

'A book which deserves nothing but praise' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

'What makes [this book] memorable is Rees's moving account of her own attempt to come to terms with her father's "secret" ... her poignant memoir gives a rare insight into the experiences of families whose fathers joined the ranks of "Stalin's Englishmen"' SUNDAY TIMES


Since Goronwy Rees's death, his daughter Jenny has had to cope with the frequently made allegation that her father was another of the spies recruited at Cambridge in the 1930s. He never disguised his friendship with Guy Burgess who, with Donald Maclean, had defected to Moscow in 1951, and in 1979 Rees helped Andrew Boyle unmask Anthony Blunt, the Fourth Man.

So, was Rees himself actually a spy? The opening of KGB files has acted as a spur to Jenny Rees in her quest to exorcise the past. The result is full of unexpected revelation, made all the more moving as she discovers for the first time the secret life of her father.

Previously published as LOOKING FOR MR NOBODY

Jenny Rees, the eldest of Goronwy Rees's five children, had a long career in journalism, concluding with ten years at the Daily Telegraph. She has two sons, to whom this book is dedicated, and now lives in a small town in Andalucia.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 12pp b/w photos
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 154 x 240 mm
Gewicht 400 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Literatur Essays / Feuilleton
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Zeitgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 1-4746-2640-8 / 1474626408
ISBN-13 978-1-4746-2640-8 / 9781474626408
Zustand Neuware
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