Roland Philipps.
ROLAND PHILIPS
A SPY NAMED ORPHAN: THE ENIGMA OF DONALD MACLEAN (2019)
Donald Maclean (1913-1983) was an Englishman who became a Communist as an undergraduate and spied for the Russians. Just before his arrest in 1951 he fled to Russia where he spent the rest of his life.
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Roland Philipps went into publishing on graduating from Cambridge. He had a long publishing career, rising to be Publisher of John Murray, before turning to writing. He has edited as publisher several leading novelists, politicians, historians, travellers and biographers. A Spy Named Orphan, his first book, arises from a lifelong interest in Donald Maclean’s life. His second book, Victoire, was published by The Bodley Head in 2022. Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement was published by The Bodley Head in April 2024.
