The Philby Conspiracy / by Bruce Page; David Leitch; Phillip Knightley.

With hard-and supercover

Cont.: Introduction / John le Carre -- pt. 1. Beginnings. The man in Dzerzinsky Square -- Boyhood of three spies -- The slave of God -- The Cambridge Marxists -- Commitment in Vienna -- Joining the establishment -- pt. 2. Penetration. The Spanish decoration -- The phony war -- The secret world -- The rise of Kim Philby -- pt. 3. Exploitation. The new enemy -- The Volkov incident -- The priceless secrets -- The Albanian subversion -- pt. 4. Downfall. Crack-up -- Getaway -- The secret trial -- A field agent? -- Philby's comeback -- Endgame in Beirut -- Through the curtain.

Kim Philby, a spy novelist at the peak of his imaginative powers, would scarcely dare to invent the story contained in these extroardinary pages. That a son of the British establishment could, during a thirty year career in his country's secret service, at the same time be a dedicated Communist agent would seem too far-fetched even for fiction. Here in detail is the incredible story, not only of how Philby did it, but what he did and its awesome consequences; of how he betrayed his country, his service and his friends and, above all, the class which nurtured, shaped and finally protected him.