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Agent Molière - The Life of John Cairncross, the Fifth Man of the Cambridge Spy Circle (Paperback)
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Agent Molière - The Life of John Cairncross, the Fifth Man of the Cambridge Spy Circle (Paperback)
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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. Geoff Andrews gained exclusive
access to the Cairncross papers and secrets, and has spoken to
friends, relatives and former colleagues. In his portrait, a
complex individual emerges – a scholar as well as a spy – whose
motivations have often been misunderstood. After his resignation
from the Civil Service, Cairncross moved to Italy and there he
rebuilt his life as a foreign correspondent, editor and university
professor. This gave him new circles and friendships – which
included the writer Graham Greene – while he always lived with
the fear that his earlier espionage would come to light. The full
account of Cairncross's spying, his confession and his dramatic
public exposure as the ‘fifth man’ is told here for the first
time, unveiling the story of his post-espionage life.
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