Doris Lessing : a life behind the scenes, the files of the British Intelligence Service MI 5 /

Doris Lessing : a life behind the scenes, the files of the British Intelligence Service MI 5 /

"In March 1949 the security service MI 5 received notice of a suspect person about to enter Britain and went to great pains to keep her under surveillance. This person was the author Doris Lessing. She would eventually go on to win the Nobel Prize for literature as an 'epicist ... who with...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Raina, Peter, 1935- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2021]
Subjects:
Lessing, Doris, > 1919-2013 > Political and social views.
Great Britain. > MI5 > Biography.
Women novelists, English > 20th century > Biography.
Women political activists > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Women communists > Great Britain > Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Why Doris Lessing became a communist
  • The Communist Party of Great Britain
  • MI 5
  • the British Security Service
  • Secret service files
  • Early security interest
  • Heightened interest and the authors' World Peace delegation
  • Visit to 'Central Africa' and the aftermath
  • Parting with the Communist Party and the waning of security interest
  • Epilogue: Doris Lessing as writer.

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