The sixth man : the extraordinary life of Paddy Costello / [James McNeish].

"A Vintage book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [392]-395) and index.

Pt. 1. Home & Away (1912-1940) -- Auckland -- Cambridge -- Letters 1933 -- "Walking to Olympia" -- Love in a Bookshop -- Letters 1936 -- Spain -- Exeter & the Fyrth Case -- Pt. 2. Going to War (1940-1944) -- Letters 1940-1941 -- Prelude to a Battle -- Battle of Tempe -- Escape to Crete -- A Meeting in Cairo -- The General's Caravan -- Letters 1941 -- "A Fifth Wheel" -- Letters 1942-1944 -- Pt. 3. To Russia & Back (1944-1950) -- The General's Telegram -- The First Hardship Post -- "My Old Man of the Sea" -- Poland 1945 -- Letter from Stockholm -- "Moscow! Moscow! Moscow!" -- Incubus -- The Paris Peace Conference -- Letters 1945-1947 -- Tilting at Windmills -- Doppelganger -- The Retreat from Moscow -- Letters 1949-1950 -- Pt. 4. A Diplomat in Paris (1950-1954) -- McIntosh's Folly -- "A Very Unfortunate Incident" -- The Unforgiving Mind -- The Passport Affair -- Sicilian Vespers -- Letters 1950-1955 -- "It Was All Very British" -- Pt. 5. Full Circle in Manchester (1955-1964) -- "A Soviet Satellite Going By" -- A Black Eye in Oxford -- Dinner with the Freybergs -- Time's Thief.

"Auckland. Cambridge. Moscow. Paris. Hailed as the 'most brilliant linguist and ablest foreign envoy' New Zealand ever produced, Paddy Costello's epic life and the mystery which surrounds his reputation are described in this account of an exceptional man's life. Published last year to great acclaim in New Zealand, its UK publication finally answers the conspiracy theories of Chapman Pincher, the deceit of Anthony Blunt and the myth of Costello's espionage activities which has captured the imagination of some English historians."--BOOK JACKET.