A Spy Among Friends Sparknotes

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Session 4
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal

Ben Macintyre, the author of A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, is a British columnist for The TImes newspaper. However, he is well known as a writer for writing spy stories. A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, is regarded as Macintyre’s most successful book. A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, is written by Ben Macintyre. It was published in 2014.It was published by Broadways Books, whose parent company is Penguin Random House. A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, is a story about how Kim Philby went from being a Cambridge graduate to Soviet and British double agent, and the
Macintyre describes Nicholas Elliott much like he does Kim Philby, a charismatic, charming figure that would make anyone fall in love with him with just his words. Macintyre also goes into great depth about how Philby and Elliott came from successful families and backgrounds. The book also states that the cool thing to do back then was to be a part of a club. Nicholas Elliott thought that the most exclusive club was the British Intelligence. He told his father that he wanted to join the British Intelligence, and his father got him into it quite
This is where he made friends with the C.I.A’s top mole hunter, James Jesus Angleton. This is also ironic because Angleton did not find the most important double agent, his friend Kim Philby. The two would often meet at Harvey’s, their favorite restaurant. They would both share information over drinks. This was a common way for British government officials to gather information. The two were both very competitive. They would often challenge each other to see who could drink more. Angleton thought that everything he was saying was small talk, but it was all fed to Russia by