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Papa Spy: Love, Faith, and Betrayal in Wartime Spain (2009)

di Jimmy Burns

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In the 1930s Tom Burns was a rising star of British publishing, whose friends and authors included G. K. Chesterton, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, the artist Eric Gill and the poet David Jones. And among his glittering social circle he had set his heart on the beautiful Ann Bowes-Lyon, cousin of the Queen. When war was declared in 1939, Burns joined the Ministry of Information, effectively the propaganda wing of the secret services. Sent to Madrid as press attache at the British Embassy, where the Ambassador was the formidable and very Protestant Sir Samuel Hoare, Burns used his faith and his deep love of Spain in the propaganda war against the Nazis, who at the time had pretty much unrestricted access to the Spanish media. Burns' brief was to do all in his power to keep Franco neutral and so protect Gibraltar and access to the western Mediterranean. The strategy was simple, but the tactics were more complicated, especially when Burns found he had begun to make enemies at home, not least among them Kim Philby and Anthony Blunt, head of the MI6's Iberian section. By 1941 he felt far from the real fighting, Ann had pledged herself to another man, and Burns was spending as much time protecting his back as fighting the Nazis. How he overcame these odds, was involved in the Man Who Never Was decoy plot, arranged Leslie Howard's fatal propaganda trip to Portugal and Spain, and finally found true love while loyally serving his country is the story told in this extraordinary book by his son.… (altro)
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I really wanted to enjoy this book. Alas, the writing was all over the place. The narrative felt direction-less the entire way and it was very difficult to draw any powerful emotions toward "Papa". The scattered thoughts left me without a strong pull toward the final chapters and instead, I just wanted to get the book finished as quickly as possible. Not recommended for most readers.
  IslandDave | Nov 5, 2014 |
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A son's homage to a father who had lived an important life. Familiar with Spain he was sent there to keep Franco neutral. His deeply felt Catholicism was a factor in the choice made by the Ministry of Information, but also was an aid to his efforts. Kim Philby accused him of being a German Spy in order to keep counter-intelligence off his own scent (stink.)
Jimmy Burns, the filial author, needed a better editor, to keep the story flowing and within confines of a single river. Perhaps intelligence is as the story is written, disjointed, following many twisting paths, but as a story it is confusing. I was lost in many digressions, few of them interesting. ( )
  Stronghart | Sep 1, 2010 |
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The story of publisher Tom Burns who became the press attache (as well as propagandist and part-time member of the intelligence service) in the British embassy in Madrid during World War 2. His personal history is woven into the history as to why he was chosen (his Catholicism led him to lean toward Franco during the Spanish Civil War which suited the British official policy of keeping Spain out of the war rather than overthrowing the Nationalists and as a publisher he knew or was known by the right people), how he went about his job and how why he was chosen was held against him by some branches of the government as well as MI5 and MI6. The Cambridge spies (Philby most notably) are intertwined in the story and it is oddly funny to read how some in the government thought Burns could be a German spy because of his leanings while reading what Philby was doing at the same time. ( )
  surly | Jul 9, 2010 |
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Really struggling to get thru the book. After reading some of the other reviews, I noticed I am not alone. Will continue to read and maybe change my mind, but so far the first half is uncoordinated. ( )
  dichosa | May 10, 2010 |
En 1940 el editor Tom Burns llegó a Madrid para hacerse cargo de la oficina de prensa de la embajada británica. Allí empleó su ingenio y su amor por España en la guerra propagandística contra los nazis con un objetivo sencillo: que Franco no entrara en la guerra y así proteger Gribraltar y el Mediterráneo occidental de los ejércitos de Hitler. Lo que Burns ignoraba era que sus peores enemigos, liderados por el traidor Kim Philby, estaban en Londres, no en España.
  BiblioPravia | Mar 24, 2010 |
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In the 1930s Tom Burns was a rising star of British publishing, whose friends and authors included G. K. Chesterton, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, the artist Eric Gill and the poet David Jones. And among his glittering social circle he had set his heart on the beautiful Ann Bowes-Lyon, cousin of the Queen. When war was declared in 1939, Burns joined the Ministry of Information, effectively the propaganda wing of the secret services. Sent to Madrid as press attache at the British Embassy, where the Ambassador was the formidable and very Protestant Sir Samuel Hoare, Burns used his faith and his deep love of Spain in the propaganda war against the Nazis, who at the time had pretty much unrestricted access to the Spanish media. Burns' brief was to do all in his power to keep Franco neutral and so protect Gibraltar and access to the western Mediterranean. The strategy was simple, but the tactics were more complicated, especially when Burns found he had begun to make enemies at home, not least among them Kim Philby and Anthony Blunt, head of the MI6's Iberian section. By 1941 he felt far from the real fighting, Ann had pledged herself to another man, and Burns was spending as much time protecting his back as fighting the Nazis. How he overcame these odds, was involved in the Man Who Never Was decoy plot, arranged Leslie Howard's fatal propaganda trip to Portugal and Spain, and finally found true love while loyally serving his country is the story told in this extraordinary book by his son.

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