Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Hugh Trevor-Roper: the spy as historian, the historian as spy

A review of ‘The Secret World’, by Hugh Trevor-Roper. The future Lord Dacre's early work for MI6 shaped the rest of his life

Cambridge spy Kim Philby giving a press conference at his mother's home after his name was mentioned in the House of Commons in connection with the Burgess and Maclean affair. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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  • The Secret World

    Hugh Trevor-Roper, edited by E.D.R. Harrison

    I.B. Tauris, pp. 224

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