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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...

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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

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Books & works: STALIN'S APOSTLES

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