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Reading a good book is a great joy. And recommending a good book is almost as enjoyable. I’ve long been fascinated by books on espionage, and this contributed in no small part to me eventually joining the Dutch intelligence world, and lately, rejoining it in some fashion. If you have favorite books that should be on this page, please let me know on @PowerDNS Bert or [email protected]! I’m especially looking for books written from different perspectives. ....
George Blake, who died last year aged 98, is less well known than his fellow spies educated at Cambridge. He was not recruited by his peer group, he operated alone, he was not part of the Establishment and perhaps, as a result, he was treated more harshly than his fellow traitors. An MI6 officer, apparently recruited by the Russians after being captured in 1950 during the Korean War, he was himself betrayed by a defector, Michael Goleniewski, in 1961. Sentenced to 42 years in prison, he escaped from Wormwood Scrubs in 1966 with the help of two peaceniks and an Irish petty criminal and spent over 50 years in Russian exile. ....
Departures Podcast with Simon Kuper By Editor | Published: April 9, 2021 There are few turncoat spies more infamous than George Blake, an MI6 agent who spied for the Soviet Union in the 1950s, was later caught, convicted and sentenced to 42 years in prison. There are even fewer to manage to escape prison and flee to the East to live a life of relative happiness and satisfaction. This story is masterfully told in the new book, “ The Happy Traitor: Spies, Lies and Exile in Russia: The Extraordinary Story of George Blake,” authored by the Financial Times columnist Simon Kuper. Simon joined the Departures podcast for a discussion with Robert Amsterdam about Blake’s fascinating life, his dramatic escape as a prisoner of war in North Korea and also his escape from prison in Britain. ....
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Brian Wilson: 'The past year has proven once again that the written word matters' heraldscotland.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from heraldscotland.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.