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One of the heirs to John le Carr The Times
A tremendous achievement WILLIAM BOYD
Behold the new Golden Age of Spy Kings Sunday Times
To betray you must first belong
In June 1934 Kim Philby met his Soviet handler the spy Arnold Deutsch The woman who introduced them was called Edith TudorHart She changed the course of 20th century history
Then she was written out of it
Drawing on the Secret Intelligence Files on Edith TudorHart along with the private archive letters of Kim Philby this finely worked evocative and beautifully tense novel by the granddaughter of Kim Philby tells the story of the woman behind the Third Man
A future classic
A fine achievement THE TIMES
Completely fascinating A sophisticated and brilliantly constructed fictional retelling of a crucial relationship in 20th century espionage history A tremendous achievement WILLIAM BOYD
Atmospheric and rigorously researched Sunday Times
Persuasive involving impressive LITERARY REVIEW
A fascinating contribution to the literature of the Cambridge spies by a clever nimble writer with some genuine skin in the game CHARLES CUMMING
Complex and powerfully written a persuasive repurposing of the lives of reallife figures i NEWSPAPER
A dextrous writer who gives her tale a quickening thrillerish propulsion NEW STATESMAN
Mother lover revolutionary spy Philbys stunning fourth novel thrusts this former bitplayer in the Cambridge Spy scandal to the centre stage where she belongs Her best book yet ERIN KELLY
Blending SIS files and imagined letters from her grandfather Philby shines a spotlight on Edith TudorHart as activist spy and often desperate single working mother SARAH VAUGHAN
Completely absorbing MICK HERRON
A tense and brilliantly structured story of power and intrigue JANE SHEMILT
Unforgettable a fascinating exploration of a key moment in history and a stunning piece of fiction HOLLY WATT
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