The Fifth Man

by Roland Perry

Sidgwick & Jackson, 1994, [First Edition], ISBN 0283062169, black and white photographic plates, hardcover, dustjacket

Near Fine Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing to edges and corners, no inscriptions, dustjacket shows minor edge and shelf wear with minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, small scuff on front cover  (see photographs)

“Since the defection to Russia of British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean more than four decades ago, there has been speculation about the identities of the other three agents in the famous ‘Ring of Five’, all of whom attended Cambridge University in the political cauldron of the 1930s.
Kim Philby defected in 1963, becoming the Third Man.  In 1979, Anthony Blunt was named as the Fourth.  Speculation was rampant about the Fifth, and names were thrown about in the media like confetti.
But only a handful le West and East really knew.
Now, in The Fifth Man, Roland Perry reveals his identity for the first time.  After exhaustive research in Russia, Britain, America, France and Australia, Perry is the first to interview in depth key KGB agents, such as Yuri Modin, the controlling officer for the Ring of Five, and others who knew the truth or were in a position to provide substantial evidence.
Perry goes beyond the secret files to the core of the Russian coverup of the activities of the Fifth Man.  Because of the importance of this triple agent, his identity has been the KGB’s best kept espionage secret, until now.”