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Sean Bourke


Born
Limerick, Ireland
Genre
Memoir

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George Blake ...more


Sean Aloysius Bourke (1934 - 1982) was an Irish criminal who aided in the prison escape of the British spy George Blake in October 1966. Blake had been convicted in 1961 of spying for the Soviet Union. After the escape, Blake eventually made his way to Moscow; Bourke did too, but eventually returned to Ireland. Bourke's co-conspirators were Michael Randle and Pat Pottle.

Only Pottle and Randle were criminally charged for abetting the escape, and they were eventually found not guilty by a jury, based on their claims that they helped Blake escape because his 42-year sentence was "inhuman". Bourke was never charged over the matter, for Ireland refused to extradite him to the United Kingdom. ...more

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The Springing of George Blake
3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1970 — 8 editions
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“Without the KGB he was just a weak, insignificant little man. Blake liked to play God. For years he had used the KGB for his own selfish ends. He had used them to enable him to wield the power of life and death over other men.”
― Sean Bourke, The Springing of George Blake
tags: george-blake, kgb, life-and-death, playing-god
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