About this episode
ANTONIA SENIOR discusses her book on the Cambridge Five and their ideological betrayals.
ANTONIA SENIOR chats to Paul about her new history of the Cambridge Five STALIN'S APLOSTLES, Albania, radio games, spy rings, Burgess, Philby, Maclean, Cairncross and Blunt. STALIN'S APOSTLES is a radical new look at the way five people allowed their obsession with Communist ideology to overshadow any sense of morality or decency - or loyalty to their country. Why did these gilded charming men, blessed with brains, and beauty and opportunities, choose to betray their country? Using rec...
People in this episode
Host: Paul
Guest: ANTONIA SENIOR
Topics covered
- Cambridge Five
- Communist ideology
- betrayal
- history
- spy rings
- morality
Keywords
- Cambridge Five
- STALIN'S APOSTLES
- spy rings
- betrayal
- Communism
- history
- morality
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: STALIN'S APOSTLES
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