WEISSBERG, ALEX; KOESTLER, ARTHUR (PREFACE); FITZGERALD, EDWARD (TRANSLATOR) — Conspiracy of Silence
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1952. First English Edition. Hardcover. "Author was a scientist of Austrian origin and a member of the Communist Party. He was arrested during the Great Purge of 1937 and charged with having recruited a gang of Nazi terrorists to assassinate Stalin and Voroshilov and to blow up industrial plant in the event of war. He confessed to all these remarkable crimes and lived to tell the tale. Describes from first-hand experience how men are prepared by special methods to confess in public to imaginary crimes ." - dust jacket. xvi, 509 p. Clean, tight and unmarked with moderate wear to original emerald cloth lettered in gilt. Average wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality example. ; 8vo. Good .
