Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914-2003) was Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford, UK for over twenty years, a member of the House of Lords from 1979 and Master of Peterhouse College, University of Cambridge, UK 1980-87. His historical interests included England during the 17th century civil wars, the history of ideas during the Renaissance and Enlightenment, 20th-century espionage and treason, and Hitler’s Germany. Trevor-Roper was a senior wartime Intelligence officer, and retained his links with the security services until the 1970s. He also travelled widely overseas as a highly regarded special correspondent for the Sunday Times.Richard Davenport-Hines has edited or co-edited three previous volumes of Hugh Trevor-Roper’s letters and journals. His most recent book is a study of communist espionage, the Security Service and the Cambridge spies, Enemies Within (2018). He is a Former Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, UK.

• A Note on the TextList of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. China, 19652. London and Oxford, 19653. History of a Front Organisation, 19664. Taiwan and Cambodia, 1967Appendix A. Through Others' Eyes: Peking and LondonAppendix B. Trevor-Roper's Companions in ChinaAcknowledgementsBibliographyIndex

Enjoyable for the human comedy and high quality of Trevor-Roper's prose.

Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914-2003) was Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford, UK for over twenty years, a member of the House of Lords from 1979 and Master of Peterhouse College, University of Cambridge, UK 1980-87. His historical interests included England during the 17th century civil wars, the history of ideas during the Renaissance and Enlightenment, 20th-century espionage and treason, and Hitler’s Germany. Trevor-Roper was a senior wartime Intelligence officer, and retained his links with the security services until the 1970s. He also travelled widely overseas as a highly regarded special correspondent for the Sunday Times.Richard Davenport-Hines has edited or co-edited three previous volumes of Hugh Trevor-Roper’s letters and journals. His most recent book is a study of communist espionage, the Security Service and the Cambridge spies, Enemies Within (2018). He is a Former Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, UK.

• A Note on the TextList of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. China, 19652. London and Oxford, 19653. History of a Front Organisation, 19664. Taiwan and Cambodia, 1967Appendix A. Through Others' Eyes: Peking and LondonAppendix B. Trevor-Roper's Companions in ChinaAcknowledgementsBibliographyIndex

Enjoyable for the human comedy and high quality of Trevor-Roper's prose.

Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914-2003) was Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford, UK for over twenty years, a member of the House of Lords from 1979 and Master of Peterhouse College, University of Cambridge, UK 1980-87. His historical interests included England during the 17th century civil wars, the history of ideas during the Renaissance and Enlightenment, 20th-century espionage and treason, and Hitler’s Germany. Trevor-Roper was a senior wartime Intelligence officer, and retained his links with the security services until the 1970s. He also travelled widely overseas as a highly regarded special correspondent for the Sunday Times.Richard Davenport-Hines has edited or co-edited three previous volumes of Hugh Trevor-Roper’s letters and journals. His most recent book is a study of communist espionage, the Security Service and the Cambridge spies, Enemies Within (2018). He is a Former Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, UK.

• A Note on the TextList of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. China, 19652. London and Oxford, 19653. History of a Front Organisation, 19664. Taiwan and Cambodia, 1967Appendix A. Through Others' Eyes: Peking and LondonAppendix B. Trevor-Roper's Companions in ChinaAcknowledgementsBibliographyIndex

Enjoyable for the human comedy and high quality of Trevor-Roper's prose.