Churchill's Iceman by Henry Hemming
Pyke, it seems, was a man with a secret. In 2009 MI5 released a mass of material suggesting that Pyke was in fact a senior official in the Soviet Comintern.
The papers that MI5 released in 2009 have led to the discovery of a wonderful new subject for modern biographyGeoffrey Pyke was a tragic and lonely genius who attempted to plant new ideas into the unresponsive soil of Britain during the first half of the twentieth century. His final wish "to be forgotten as if I had never lived" has now been dramatically eclipsed by this amazing story of mystery and adventure. It is as if he had been invented by G. K. Chesterton and given posthumous fame by John le Carré – which underlines the extraordinary accomplishment of his actual biographer Henry Hemming. -- Michael Holroyd
His was not a lucky life but, in his biographer, he has gained a little bit of posthumous luck. This admirable and thoroughly enjoyable book should rescue a weirdly original and innovative talent from oblivion * The Sunday Times *
A biography that reads wonderfully like an adventure story and looks set to restore to Pyke the fame he deserves… Hemming’s great achievement is to turn the story of a nerdish chameleon into a page-turner and to make someone hitherto unknown seem crucial to his century * Guardian *
His was not a lucky life but, in his biographer, he has gained a little bit of posthumous luck. This admirable and thoroughly enjoyable book should rescue a weirdly original and innovative talent from oblivion * The Sunday Times *
A biography that reads wonderfully like an adventure story and looks set to restore to Pyke the fame he deserves… Hemming’s great achievement is to turn the story of a nerdish chameleon into a page-turner and to make someone hitherto unknown seem crucial to his century * Guardian *
Henry Hemming is the author of five works of non-fiction, including the Sunday Times bestseller M, the Dolman Travel Award-shortlisted Misadventure in the Middle East and Churchill’s Iceman, a New York Times bestseller. He has written for the Economist, The Sunday Times, FT Magazine and the Washington Post, among many others. He lives in London with his two children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848094437 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848094434 |
| Title | Churchill's Iceman |
| Author | Henry Hemming |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2014-08-14 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
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