Agent Molière: The Life of John Cairncross, the Fifth Man of the Cambridge Spy Circle
- Submitting institution
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The Open University
- Unit of assessment
- 19 - Politics and International Studies
- Output identifier
- 1521503
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.5040/9781838606770
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- ISBN
- 978-1-78831-130-4
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- February
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This monograph warrants double-weighting on the grounds of the scale of research and scope of the output. This extensive biography of John Cairncross – a major figure in UK spy story – is based on sustained biographical research including into Cairncross’s papers, family records and interviews with friends, relatives and former colleagues. The scope of this substantial work encompasses for the first time Cairncross’s early life, his work at Bletchley Park and the Foreign Office, and his post-espionage life and exposure as a spy. In presenting an original analysis, it explores in-depth Cairncross’ complex, and often misunderstood, motivations and loyalties.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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