Donald Maclean was a star diplomat, an establishment insider and a keeper of some of the West's greatest secrets. He was also a Russian spy...

Codenamed `Orphan' by his Russian recruiter, Maclean was Britain's most gifted traitor. But as he leaked huge amounts of top-secret intelligence, an international code-breaking operation was rapidly closing in on him. Moments before he was unmasked, Maclean escaped to Moscow.

Drawing on a wealth of previously classified material, A Spy Named Orphan now tells this story for the first time in full, revealing the character and devastating impact of perhaps the most dangerous Soviet agent of the twentieth century.

`Superb'
William Boyd

`Fascinating... An exceptional story of espionage and betrayal, thrillingly told'
Philippe Sands

`A cracking story... Impressively researched'
Sunday Times

`Philipps makes the story and the slow uncovering of [Maclean's] treachery a gripping narrative'
Alan Bennett