ANDREW LOWNIE first became interested in the Cambridge Spy Ring when, as President of the Cambridge Union Society in 1984, he arranged an international seminar on the subject. After graduating from Cambridge University, where he won the Dunster Prize for History, Lownie went on to take a postgraduate degree in history at Edinburgh University. He is now a successful literary agent, and has written or edited several books, including a biography of John Buchan.
A real-life page turner. - The New York Post "Mr. Lownie makes a
convincing case that Burgess was the most important of the
Cambridge spies. A must-read for intelligence buffs -- and
especially those charged with protecting our nation's secrets." -
The Washington Times
A crack biography of a man who was a preposterous enigma. - Kirkus
Reviews Stalin's Englishman is a fine biography about an effective
spy and a disgraceful traitor who lived to enjoy Communist reality
firsthand. It fills a major historical gap in espionage history. -
CIA journal Studies In Intelligence Awful human beings make for
splendid biographies. -Times Best Biographies of the Year 2015 (UK)
"A meticulously researched biography...an astonishing piece of
research." - Sunday Times "Is there anything significant left to
say about members of the Cambridge spy ring, Moscow's 'magnificent
five'? The answer, judging by this book, is a resounding yes." -
Guardian "An abundance of vivid detail from many different voices,
viewpoints and nationalities...Stalin's Englishman is a matchless
and splendidly exciting read." - The Times of London "This
exhaustively researched and absorbing book, the first full
biographical study and likely to remain the definitive life." - New
Statesman "Complicated, revelatory: a superb biography more
riveting than a spy novel." - Sunday Telegraph "As one of
[Britain's] foremost literary agents, Andrew Lownie certainly knows
what makes a good book, and in Stalin's Englishman he has delivered
one of his own -- many times over." - Independent "In this
meticulous biography of the most colourful of the quintet,
espionage expert Lownie argues convincingly that Burgess -- often
seen as a clownish buffoon - was the key member of the ring, and
his treachery the most damaging." - Observer "A masterly
biography." - Mail on Sunday
"A hugely entertaining read about one of the most notorious spies
ever. Eric Ambler couldn't have provided a more fascinating story."
- Philip Kerr, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Side
of Silence
"A remarkable and definitive portrait of the truly ghastly spy and
traitor Guy Burgess who should surely never have been permitted to
do us so much damage. And a portrait of the snobbery and laxity
that permitted an Old Etonian who had changed sides to get away
with it for so long." - Frederick Forsyth, former journalist and
spy and New York Times bestselling author of The Kill List "Andrew
Lownie demonstrates that there is plenty still to be learned about
Burgess...an enjoyable and convincing biography." - Adam Sisman,
author of John le Carré The Biography "Andrew Lownie's biography of
Guy Burgess is superb. Required reading for anyone interested in
the Cambridge Five." - Charles Cumming New York Times bestselling
author of The Trinity Six "This is a must-read for anyone at all
interested in espionage. The definitive and revelatory biography of
one of the greatest traitors of the Cold War." - Jeremy Dunsauthor,
author of the Paul Dark spy series and Codename: Hero "Shrewd,
thorough, revelatory." - William Boyd, author of Restless "A
masterly and penetrating study of this strange man, the rich
well-connected, brilliant Cambridge scholar, who was a seriously
dangerous agent for the Soviet Union from the 1930s until he fled
with Maclean in 1951." - Michael Hartland, author of Seven Steps to
Treason Stalin's Englishman comes as close to touching the tortured
and tempestuous soul of Guy Burgess as anything I have read. It's
superbly researched and written with an extraordinary elegance that
takes you by the hand and guides you along the pathways of
outrageous treachery. Truly exceptional. - Michael Dobbs, author of
House of Cards "Almost from the moment he skipped the country Guy
Burgess has been the subject of biographers, from early
journalists' hastily assembled clippings, via the academic study,
to Stalin's Englishman -- the first 'life' that captures the man
fully ... the decadent, the drunkard, the outrageous sex bandit ...
and above the all the first life to reveal the full extent of
Burgess's treason. Andrew Lownie's book will be definitive for
years to come." - John Lawton, author of the Inspector Troy series
"I loved it. Beautifully written and riveting from start to finish.
Also very funny." - Piers Brendon, author of Ike: His Life and
Times and The Dark Valley: A Panorama of the 1930s
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