Gentleman traitor

Kim Philby, the most successful spy ever recruited by the Soviet Union, the foremost 'third man' defector from the English mandarin classes, is now a Colonel in the KGB, working and living at a high level in Moscow. But, just supposing, he wants to come back ......\nAlan Williams in 'Gentleman Traitor' supposes that he does. Clubable, cricket-loving, urbane and boozy, where could Philby go?\nAn honest journalist dreams up an in an idle moment a project for a book about theinfamous Philby. A trailer story in his paper leads him into dark water, and the possibility of The Great Scoop. What is the trail he follows into the narrow press-and-diplomatic clique in Moscow, and why does the vast and enigmatic M. Charles Pol loom so large? Who, indeed, is following him, and in whose interest? Where could Philby go, still armed with the asset of his certain knowledge about the English traitors still at large in the Establishment, and be safe from the vengeance of the British and the Soviet authorities? How could he escape from Russia?\nAlan Williams' new story answers all these questions with precision and credibility. The journey in search of the Great Story leads through excitement into horror, and the end of 'Gentleman Traitor suggests a most plausible theory as to the true facts of the biggest spy scandal of the twentieth century.