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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Guy_BurgessGuy Burgess - Wikipedia

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   Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess (16 April 1911 – 30 August 1963) was a British diplomat and Soviet double agent, and a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring that operated from the mid-1930s to the early years of the Cold War era.

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Guy-BurgessGuy Burgess | British Diplomat and Spy for the Soviet Union

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   Guy Burgess (born 1911, Devonport, Devon, Eng.—died Aug. 30, 1963, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a British diplomat who spied for the Soviet Union in World War II and early in the Cold War period. At the University of Cambridge in the 1930s, Burgess was part of a group of upper-middle-class students—including Donald Maclean , Kim Philby ...

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4. media.nationalarchives.gov.uk › index › stalinsStalin's Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess | The National ...

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   Jun 2, 2016 · Historian Andrew Lownie, author of ‘Stalin’s Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess’ – a Guardian Book of the Year and The Times Best Biography of the Year – will talk about how Burgess was able...

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     Stalin's Englishman: the lives of Guy Burgess

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Stalin's_EnglishmanStalin's Englishman - Wikipedia

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   Stalin's Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess is a biography of the Soviet spy Guy Burgess by historian Andrew Lownie. The biography began as a dissertation submitted by Lownie for his doctorate at the University of Edinburgh.

7. www.newstatesman.com › culture › 2015Guy Burgess, the Cambridge spy who bet on a Soviet future

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   Sep 29, 2015 · John Gray's biography of Guy Burgess, one of the Cambridge Five who betrayed Britain to the Soviet Union, explores his motives, personality and fate. Burgess was a charming, flamboyant and complex double agent who clung to his Old Etonian identity and never felt at home in Russia.

8. www.youtube.com › watchStalin's Englishman: the lives of Guy Burgess - YouTube

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   Stalin's Englishman: the lives of Guy Burgess. Part of the 32nd University of Cambridge Alumni Festival. Festival programme: www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/festival Through interviews with over 100...

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   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Guy Burgess (born 1911, Devonport, Devon, Eng.—died Aug. 30, 1963, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a British diplomat who spied for the Soviet Union in World War II and early in the Cold War period.

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   Who was Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess?

   • Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess (16 April 1911 – 30 August 1963) was a British diplomat and Soviet double agent, and a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring that operated from the mid-1930s to the early years of the Cold War era.

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   How did Guy Burgess avoid exposure as a traitor?

   • Historian Andrew Lownie, author of ‘Stalin’s Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess’ – a Guardian Book of the Year and The Times Best Biography of the Year – will talk about how Burgess was able to avoid exposure as a traitor to his country through his trademark charisma and a network of powerful political connections. ‘Stalin’s Englishman’.

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   Was Burgess a good spy?

   • "Burgess", wrote Richard Norton-Taylor in The Guardian, "charming and often drunk, was a much more dangerous and effective spy than has been assumed." The Times review commented: "He was also the most ruthless of the Soviet spies active in England before 1951, and every bit as destructive as Kim Philby ."

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10. academic.oup.com › ehr › articleStalin’s Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess, by Andrew ...

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    Jul 31, 2017 · A comprehensive and engaging account of the life and spying career of Guy Burgess, a Cambridge-educated communist who defected to the USSR in 1951. The book explores Burgess's privileged background, his sexual orientation, his hypocrisy, his impact on British politics and society, and his tragic end.