Stalin’s Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire

'Shocking. Gripping. Unputdownable. You thought you knew the Cambridge Five? Think again! Their level of treachery beggars belief, yet the British establishment's incompetence and cover-up is equally unbelievable.'DAMIEN LEWIS, author of THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE'Meticulously researched, this is a fascinating analysis.'NIGEL WEST, author of A MATTER OF TRUST: MI5, 1945-72'Beautifully written and utterly compelling, Stalin's Apostles is a brilliant reassessment of the Cambridge Five whose naive faith in communism is tellingly juxtaposed with the brutal reality of Stalin's rule.Their betrayals had serious consequences for the West, as Senior makes clear, yet they lived out their days in Soviet exile with few regrets.A cautionary tale by a rising star of non-fiction.' SAUL DAVID, author of TUNISGRAD?'Understanding why the Cambridge spies really betrayed their country has eluded historians for decades.Senior's new book is impressive in its scope of ground-breaking research and