Anthony Blunt His Lives |
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Author:
| Carter, Miranda |
ISBN: | 978-0-312-42146-5 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2003 |
Publisher: | Picador
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $18.00 |
Book Description:
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This brilliant psychological examination of the infamous Cambridge art-historian-turned-spy reveals the multiple masks worn by the Cold War's most notorious traitor. From young member of the Bloomsbury circle to left-wing intellectual, from closeted homosexual ascending to the Establishment to object of public denunciation by Margaret Thatcher, the arc of Blunt's life is at once a deeply nuanced account of fifty years in the British power elite and an astonishing history of oneof the...
More DescriptionThis brilliant psychological examination of the infamous Cambridge art-historian-turned-spy reveals the multiple masks worn by the Cold War's most notorious traitor. From young member of the Bloomsbury circle to left-wing intellectual, from closeted homosexual ascending to the Establishment to object of public denunciation by Margaret Thatcher, the arc of Blunt's life is at once a deeply nuanced account of fifty years in the British power elite and an astonishing history of oneof the century's greatest deceits.