The Fifth Man: The Soviet Super Spy [Hardcover]

Roland Perry (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0283062169 | ISBN-13: 978-0283062162 | Publication Date: November 1994 | Edition: 1st

Roland Perry has spoken to key players in M15 and the KGB, in London, Australia and Moscow in order to end decades of speculation about post-war British espionage. He reveals the identity of the "Fifth Man" - the man who assumed the legacies of Philby, Burgess, Maclean and Blunt.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson; 1st edition (November 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0283062169
• ISBN-13: 978-0283062162
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.3 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,314,397 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Food for very much more thought. Why is not available?, January 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Fifth Man: The Soviet Super Spy (Hardcover)

Some sources seem unreliable or too secretive. Not easy to confirm. Several picayune errors like timing of Cazelet & Sikorski's death. Generally leaves me very convinced, but yet the book and subject matter are unknown in Canada and the United States - Why? Has this book been suppressed I wonder. The response I received from Macmillan in Basingstoke left me with that impression. Spycatcher contained nothing compared to this book. Since reading this "library book" I have developed a new hobby, researching many other books in the genre, including several written since The Fifth Man. Some of Perry's explosive revelations have been blatently ignored. Is it possible to contact the author, or hear from him as to why this interesting subject matter has not received world-wide attention. If Victor really did do all of this, then it must surely rank him as one of the greatest influences on the entire world in this century. A family tradition, I suppose. I doubt very much that in all the century and millenium trivia which is about to be thrown at us, Victor Nathaniel Rothschild will receive one mention and that will be a travesty. Where does it leave the Rosenbergs for instance. Is it right that Maclean, Burgess, Philby and many others should shoulder what they did, whilst this powerful figure remains ultra vires? Is Mr. Perry working on any sequel to this?

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Will the Real Fifth Man Stand Up?, November 6, 1999

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Paul Hellander "Paul H" (Adelaide, South Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fifth Man: The Soviet Super Spy (Hardcover)

I read this excellent book by Roland Perry some time ago and became convinced of the assignation of the role of the Cambridge University's 'Fifth Man' to Victor Rothschild. Perry's narrative was convincing and thoroughly researched. The book is an excellent read yet I, like the previous reviewer, am puzzled as to why the 'revelation' was not picked up by the press as would have been expected in such cases. I am now even more puzzled. Reading through Christopher Andrew's and Vasili Mitrokhin's book "THE MITROKHIN ARCHIVES" no mention is made of Rothschild as the Fifth Man. Instead the pre-Rothschild fall guy John Cairncross is once again fingered as the last of the Magnificant Five. Can someone tell me - who is the REAL Fifth Man?

Paul Hellander, Travel Writer - Photographer

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Is this a Cover Up?, November 30, 2000

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Alex M Aird (Dunoon, Argyll United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fifth Man: The Soviet Super Spy (Hardcover)

While browsing in a local Public Library, I came upon this very well presented, and convincing, professional account by Mr Perry, of the unveiling of The Fifth Man. I am astounded that a spy story, detailling the activities of an individual traitor, who was responsible for the greatest influence on world history ever revealed, has apparently been concealed from the history of the twentieth century. I recommend this book by Roland Perry to all interested readers of history, and to those of us fascinated by the espionage history of the twentieth century, and of the Second World War.I further recommend that the publisher of this book (Sedgwick & Jackson, London)consder reissuing this title.It is an absorbing read. This book is an astonishing revelation of History.