The Other Side of Silence: The classic spy thriller, inspired by actual events

Name: The Other Side of Silence: The classic spy thriller, inspired by actual events
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

Ted Allbeury

Jan 2014 · Hachette UK

3 reviews

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320

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After years behind the Iron Curtain, Britain's most notorious traitor wants to return to the homeland he betrayed as part of the Cambridge Five spy ring.

John Powell is assigned the task of finding out why. Is it an old man's whim, or a carefully planned KGB operation?

To find out Powell must journey into the labyrinth of a man's legendary past, sifting through every rumour, every plot, every shadowy alliance, until the journey leads him into the most dangerous recess of them all, the heart and mind and motivation of the man himself - Kim Philby.

THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE is a classic espionage thriller from one of the true masters of the genre.

After years behind the Iron Curtain, Britain's most notorious traitor wants to return to the homeland he betrayed as part of the Cambridge Five spy ring. John Powell is assigned the task of finding out why. Is it an old man's whim, or a carefully planned KGB operation? To find out Powell must j...

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3 reviews

Grahame Metcalfe

November 12, 2022

Another Ted Allbeury classic. But I think you would have to to know a good deal about what was happening in the times Allbeury was writing about or, better, have lived in those times, like me. I thoroughly enjoyed the book.

About the author

Ted Allbeury was a lieutenant-colonel in the Intelligence Corps during World War II, and later a successful executive in the fields of marketing, advertising and radio. He began his writing career in the early 1970s and became well known for his espionage novels, but also published one highly-praised general novel, THE CHOICE, and a short story collection, OTHER KINDS OF TREASON. His novels have been published in twenty-three languages, including Russian. He died on 4th December 2005.

For more information visit www.hodder.co.uk/ted-allbeury

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