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

Stalin's Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire - Hardcover

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Stalin's Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire - Hardcover

Stalin's Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire - Hardcover

by Antonia Senior
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by Antonia Senior (Author)

The riveting story of the ring of spies known as the Cambridge Five, who infiltrated the highest levels of the British establishment and helped Stalin cement a half century of Soviet domination over Eastern Europe.

"A brilliant book. Deep research and dazzling writing make Stalin's Apostles an appallingly entertaining read. A definitive work on one of the 20th century's most treacherous conspiracies." ―Tim Weiner, author of The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century

The Cambridge Five was the most infamous spy ring in history. Its members--Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, and John Cairncross--met at university, amid the left-wing ferment overtaking British campuses between the World Wars. The Five were soon recruited by Soviet agents and pledged allegiance to Stalin, and each quickly took up a place in the British government. From the 1930s, they funneled top-secret intelligence to the USSR, some so sensitive that their Soviet handlers feared a double cross. Their unmasking in 1951 rocked Britain, helping to end a chummy, boys' club stranglehold on the country's institutions of power. But, as Antonia Senior shows, the Five's treachery had much graver and more devastating consequences across the world. Their work invaluably aided Stalin as he sought to build a Red Empire, condemning millions across Eastern Europe to decades of repression, violence, and death.

Rife with code names, smuggled documents, clandestine rendezvous, and copious amounts of gin, Stalin's Apostles wields impeccable research and storytelling and all the thrilling details and high tragedy of a classic spy thriller.

"A definitive and important account of the most infamous spy ring ever ... told with the propulsive force of a spy novel." ―Joseph Finder, New York Times-bestselling author of The Oligarch's Daughter

Author Biography

Antonia Senior is a writer, journalist, and podcaster. A book critic at The Times of London and the author of three works of historical fiction, she lives in London.

Number of Pages: 480
Dimensions: 1.7 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN
Publication Date: May 26, 2026
ISBN9781541704381
Author Antonia Senior
PublisherPublicAffairs
GenreHistory
FormatHardcover
PublishedMay 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages480
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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