The Happy Traitor: Spies, Lies and Exile in Russia: The Extraordinary Story of George Blake By: Simon Kuper [Audiobook]

General Information
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 Title:                  The Happy Traitor
 Author:                 Simon Kuper
 Read By:                Kevin Spink
 Copyright:              2021
 Audiobook Copyright:    2021
 Genre:                  Audiobook
 Publisher:              Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
 Abridged:               No
Original Media Information
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 Media:                  Downloaded
 Source:                 Library
 Condition:              New
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Book Description
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Those people who were betrayed were not innocent people. They were no 
better nor worse than I am. It's all part of the intelligence world. 
If the man who turned me in came to my house today, I'd invite him to 
sit down and have a cup of tea.
George Blake was the last remaining Cold War spy. As a senior officer 
in the British Intelligence Service who was double agent for the Soviet 
Union, his actions had devastating consequences for Britain. Yet he 
was also one of the least-known double agents, and remained unrepentant.-
In 1961, Blake was sentenced to 42 years imprisonment for betraying 
to the KGB all of the Western operations in which he was involved, and 
the names of hundreds of British agents working behind the Iron Curtain. 
This was the longest sentence for espionage ever to have been handed 
down by a British court.
On the surface, Blake was a charming, intelligent and engaging man and, 
most importantly, a seemingly committed patriot. Underneath, a ruthlessly 
efficient mole and key player in the infamous 'Berlin Tunnel' operation. 
This illuminating biography tracks Blake from humble beginnings as a 
teenage courier for the Dutch underground during the Second World War, 
to the sensational prison-break from Wormwood Scrubs that inspired Hitchcock 
to write screenplay.
Through a combination of personal interviews, research and unique access 
to Stasi records, journalist Simon Kuper unravels who Blake truly was, 
what he was capable of and why he did it.

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