{"product_id":"stalins-englishman","title":"Stalins Englishman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBY THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eE\u003ci\u003eNTITLED \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE RISE AND FALL OF THE HOUSE OF YORK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eFantastically detailed . . . \u003c\/b\u003ea very \u003cb\u003equick, absorbing \u003c\/b\u003eread.''   ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e''Andrew Lownie''s biography of Guy Burgess is that \u003cb\u003erare achievement\u003c\/b\u003e - a historical biography of \u003cb\u003econsiderable political and human complexity\u003c\/b\u003e that is also \u003cb\u003ea page turner\u003c\/b\u003e.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  \u003cbr\u003e''Surely the \u003cb\u003edefinitive account \u003c\/b\u003eof one of the country''s most prominent traitors.''   ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuy Burgess was the most important, complex and fascinating of ''The Cambridge Spies'' - Maclean, Philby, Blunt - all brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray their country to the Soviet Union. An engaging and charming companion to many, an unappealing, utterly ruthless manipulator to others, Burgess rose through academia, the BBC, the Foreign Office, MI5 and MI6, gaining access to thousands of highly sensitive secret documents which he passed to his Russian handlers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this first full biography, Andrew Lownie shows us how even Burgess''s chaotic personal life of drunken philandering did nothing to stop his penetration and betrayal of the British Intelligence Service. Even when he was under suspicion, the fabled charm which had enabled many close personal relationships with influential Establishment figures (including Winston Churchill) prevented his exposure as a spy for many years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough interviews with more than a hundred people who knew Burgess personally, many of whom have never spoken about him before, and the discovery of hitherto secret files, \u003ci\u003eStalin''s Englishman\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly unravels the many lives of Guy Burgess in all their intriguing, chilling, colourful, tragi-comic wonder.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ch3\u003e PUBLISHED TO GREAT CRITICAL ACCLAIM: \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the St Ermin''s Intelligence Book of the Year Award.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One of the great biographies of 2015.'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFully updated edition including recently released information.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Guardian Book of the Year. The Times Best Biography of the Year. Mail on Sunday Biography of the Year. Daily Mail \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBiography of Year. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpectator Book of the Year. BBC History Book of the Year.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A remarkable and definitive portrait '' Frederick Forsyth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Andrew Lownie''s biography of Guy Burgess, Stalin''s Englishman ... shrewd, thorough, revelatory.'' \u003ci\u003eWilliam Boyd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''In the sad and funny \u003ci\u003eStalin''s Englishman\u003c\/i\u003e, [Lownie] manages to convey the charm as well as the turpitude.'' \u003ci\u003eCraig Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57303539679614,"sku":"NW9781473627383","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781473627383.jpg?v=1778657792","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/stalins-englishman","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}