He, like many other first-year students, came from a wealthy family and had academic ambitions.
Kim Philby was no outlier when he attended Cambridge University. Big Idea #1: Kim Philby’s nascent Socialist inclinations were formed at Cambridge and in revolutionary Vienna. In this article, you’ll learn about the worst spy in history how to charm people into believing your innocence and what handlers teach new recruits.
Indeed, his story inspired John le Carré’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and many other works of fiction. Philby is a classic example of a double agent. He was a charming traitor who never wavered in his allegiance to Moscow, even as he rose through the ranks of British intelligence and caused thousands of deaths with his treacherous actions. In many ways, Kim Philby’s story reminds us that we should be careful about being taken in by such romance. It is hard not to romanticize the British espionage operations of the twentieth century. 1-Page Summary of A Spy Among Friends Overview
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