Sir robert cecil biography of donald

In this illuminating biography of Donald Maclean, author Robert Cecil draws on a close family connection and a path that in many ways followed that of Maclean's.

Robert Cecil was created a Companion of St Michael and St George in 1959.

In this perceptive biography of Donald Maclean, Robert Cecil draws on his close acquaintance with the man, first at Cambridge and then as his colleague in.

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A Divided Life: A Biography of Donald MacLean

January 22, 2019

In order to really appreciate A Divided Life, you would have to have some awareness of the spy scandal that rocked the heart of the British establishment in the 1950’s, referred to as the Cambridge Spies, as they all attended Cambridge University. What was so shocking was that those involved with this Soviet spy ring came from privileged elitist backgrounds, from families that were regarded as affluent and influential within society. Considered to be entrenched within the governing class their background did not create the credentials automatically assumed would lead them to be recruited by the Soviet Union. Their decision did not stem from personal difficulties, for example, struggling with poverty, no access to decent education, living in cramp unhealthy environments, competing for poorly paid jobs or poor working conditions in 1920’-30’s Britain. It seemed to be one of conscience, believing that Communism was the true and right ideology. Convinced in their belief that it was their duty to help and promote the spread of communism for the good of society, regardless of the consequences in had on the community they grew up in. They accepted other ideologies such as Capitalism and Fascism was inherently evil, unju

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"A riveting portrait."
Publishers Weekly

"A splendidly perceptive life of Donald Maclean... [Cecil] provides, for the first time, a clear and detailed account by a Foreign Office colleague who knew Maclean, came from a similar background, and comprehends the unspoken assumptions of his time and class."
The Economist

"[Cecil's] insider's account both of uneasy U.S.-British relations and of the intelligence establishment's equivocal reaction to these scandals is an undercover story in its own right."
Booklist

"The portrait of Maclean is convincing and the assessment of the damage done to Anglo-American interests... is knowledgeable and shrewd."
Financial Times

"Delivered in a crisp, literate. no-nonsense style, this compact biography offers an agreeably narrow focus on a spy-tangle that often seems dauntingly dense."
Kirkus Reviews

"Cecil has the rare benefit of having known most of the key players personally, and his account of the defection of Burgess and Maclean demolishes the idea that either Philby or Sir Roger Hollis conspired to tip them off."
Sunday Times

“This is as much the inside story of those momentous events as we are likely to learn, intimate and revealing, told with candour and wit. A far better read than the average spy fiction, it throws light

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A DIVIDED Believable, A History of Donald Maclean.

CECIL, Robert;

London, Available by Say publicly Bodley Head, 1988. Leading edition.8vo. pp.xviii + 212 + jet & milky photographs including prologue, record and directory. Minor foxing to scrap wrapper go off else notice good save for fine. Morose cloth hardbound in recent pictorial junk wrapper. Demanding #195348
ISBN: 0370311299

"A Bifid Life: A Biography decay Donald Maclean" by Parliamentarian Cecil explores the animation of Brits diplomat be proof against spy Donald Maclean, a key body in depiction infamous City Spy Breed. Cecil, who was a close associate of Maclean, provides chiefly insider’s prospect on Maclean’s motivations, agilities, and description impact accuse his espionage activities as the Sardonic War. Depiction book delves into Maclean's ideological commitments, his put it on as a Soviet source, and rendering dramatic consequences of his defection propose the Land Union enfold 1951.

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