“When told to do something, he tended to “obey not the order which he had actually been given by a superior, but… — Ben Macintyre Copy Share Image
“Martin Luther had written “Know, Christian, that next to the devil thou hast no enemy more cruel, more venomous and violent than… — Ben Macintyre Copy Share Image
“The policemen agreed they were living with a most peculiar fellow. One moment he was reading classical literature in the original French… — Ben MacIntyre Books Copy Share Image
“In a brilliant lecture written in 1944, C. S. Lewis described the fatal British obsession with the “inner ring,” the belief that… — Ben Macintyre Real power Copy Share Image
I love telling stories, and am almost entirely unable to keep a secret. — Ben Macintyre Secret Copy Share Image
“Before becoming headmaster of Eton, Claude Elliott had taught history at Cambridge University, despite an ingrained distrust of academics and an aversion… — Ben Macintyre Cambridge university Copy Share Image
I think I would have been a hopeless spy. I love telling stories and am almost entirely unable to keep a secret. — Ben Macintyre Almost Copy Share Image
“The word most consistently used to describe Kim Philby was "charm", that intoxicating, beguiling and occasionally lethal English quality.” — Ben Macintyre Charm Copy Share Image
“Professor J. B. S. Haldane was one of the most celebrated scientists in Britain. A pioneering and broad-ranging thinker, he developed a… — Ben Macintyre Biology Copy Share Image
“Far from being repelled by the duplicity around him, Elliott felt ever more drawn to the game of skulduggery and double cross.… — Ben Macintyre Highly intelligent Copy Share Image
“CAPTAIN RAMIREZ: “Ootunondumi rabo Caaguazu.” FRANCISCO: “Bokinmaginum sinking.” RAMIREZ: “Help.” — Ben Macintyre Copy Share Image
Libraries are not just for reading in, but for sociable thinking, exploring, exchanging ideas and falling in love. They were never silent.… — Ben Macintyre Educational Copy Share Image
“It was beginning to dawn on me that most of the history of Paraguay revolved around white men chasing after other white… — Ben Macintyre History Copy Share Image
“Elliott and Philby existed within the inner circle of Britain’s ruling class, where mutual trust was so absolute and unquestioned that there… — Ben Macintyre Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“If this is Upper Silesia, one wonders what must Lower Silesia be like,” — Ben Macintyre Copy Share Image
The broad outlines of the Double Cross deception have been known since 1972, when Sir John Masterman, the former chairman of the… — Ben Macintyre Accounts Copy Share Image
The Man Who Never Was,' by Ewen Montagu, remains the best book about wartime espionage written by an active participant - incomplete,… — Ben Macintyre Active Copy Share Image
“What is the use of living if you cannot eat cheese and pickles?” — Ben MacIntyre Life Copy Share Image
“Sam Brewer enjoyed discussing Middle Eastern politics with Philby; Philby enjoyed sleeping with his wife.” — Ben Macintyre Politics Copy Share Image
“In a word, adventure to Chapman is the breath of life. Given adventure he has the courage to achieve the unbelievable.” — Ben MacIntyre Adventure Copy Share Image
“Eccentricity is one of those English traits that look like frailty but mask a concealed strength; individuality disguised as oddity.” — Ben Macintyre Copy Share Image
“As a mark of opposition, many wore paper clips in their lapels. The paper clip was a Norwegian invention; the little twist… — Ben Macintyre Copy Share Image
If you put into one room everyone who considered themselves a Nietzschean, there would be a bloodbath. — Ben Macintyre Ifs Copy Share Image
“As his own end approached, Elliott reflected on a life that had been “undistinguished, albeit mildly notorious,” and tremendous fun. He had… — Ben Macintyre Life Copy Share Image
“Well you stick the dynamite in the keyhole and you don't damage the safe, only sometimes you put a little too much… — Ben MacIntyre Copy Share Image
