Stalin’s Apostles - Antonia Senior - diskuze

ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING FINALIST 2026'A history of the Cambridge spies that is as good as anything I have read...magnificent.'THE TIMES'A racy, spirited, vernacular book based on shrewd research...original and invigorating.'TLS'A fine piece of work.. The real strength of the book, which draws on archives not visited by previous Cambridge Five writers, is to show how the betrayals affected the real world.' THE CIPHER BRIEF 'Carefully researched and well-written, rich in anecdotes and insights..valuable, thought-provoking'LITERARY REVIEW'This brilliantly told story of treachery at the heart of the British establishment during World War Two and its aftermath reveals for the first time the tragic cost for millions of people and its impact on reshaping the world. Harrowing yet compulsively relevant today, it's a page-turner."ADAM ZAMOYSKI, author of POLAND: A HISTORY'Shocking. Gripping. Unputdownable. You thought you knew the Cambridge Five? Think again! Their level of treachery beggars belief, yet the British establishment's incompetence and cover-up is equally unbelievable.'DAMIEN LEWIS, author of THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE'Meticulously researched, this is a fascinating analysis.'NIGEL WEST, author of A MATTER OF TRUST: MI5, 1945-72'Beautifully written and utterly compelling, Stalin's Apostles is a brilliant reassessment of the Cambridge Five whose naive faith in communism is tellingly juxtaposed with the brutal reality of Stalin's rule. Their betrayals
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