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Under deep suspicion in Beirut, Kim Philby still carried on regardless

Before fleeing to Russia, the Cambridge spy appeared remarkably carefree, drinking in Beirut’s bars and seducing the married Eleanor Brewer, says James Hanning

Kim Philby’s third wife, Eleanor, at the time of publishing The Spy I Loved in 1968. [Getty Images]
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  • Love and Deception: Philby in Beirut

    James Hanning

    Corsair, pp. 408, £25

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