Summary of Tim Milne's Kim Philby

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#1 Kim Philby was a boy who was at Westminster School with me in 1925. He was the only person I had ever heard of before, and I did not know what to make of him. He was highly untypical of a public school boy.

#2 Kim had a relatively easy life at school. He was not popular, but he was not unpopular either. He had something untouchable about him, a strong inner strength and self-reliance that made others respect him.

#3 Kim was not a brilliant student. He took three years to get over the School Certificate, and he was placed fifteenth out of twenty-three boys in his final year. He never joined the Officers’ Training Corps, and he saved himself a lot of trouble and the appalling discomfort of the uniform.

#4 Kim was prankish, but he had a strange sense of humor. He did not find many things funny, and he derived a harmless enjoyment from the discomfiture of others. He was never one to bully the smaller or weaker.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Feb 25, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669353607

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Insights on Tim Milne's Kim Philby

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Kim Philby was a boy who was at Westminster School with me in 1925. He was the only person I had ever heard of before, and I did not know what to make of him. He was highly untypical of a public school boy.

#2

Kim had a relatively easy life at school. He was not popular, but he was not unpopular either. He had something untouchable about him, a strong inner strength and self-reliance that made others respect him.

#3

Kim was not a brilliant student. He took three years to get over the School Certificate, and he was placed fifteenth out of twenty-three boys in his final year. He never joined the Officers’ Training Corps, and he saved himself a lot of trouble and the appalling discomfort of the uniform.

#4

Kim was prankish, but he had a strange sense of humor. He did not find many things funny, and he derived a harmless enjoyment from the discomfiture of others. He was never one to bully the smaller or weaker.

#5

Kim was not a homosexual, but he was never given to sexual boasting or fantasy. He was never made monitor, an honor bestowed annually on four out of the eight or nine seniors, i. e. scholars in their last year.

#6

Kim’s stammer has been attributed to his father's dominance, but this is not the case. Kim was tough, self-reliant, and self-confident. He did not care about his father's career, and did not try to emulate him.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

I had not been abroad before, and was extremely green. My mother, who never set foot outside Britain in her long life, thought to provide some insulation for at least the first day by buying me a first-class ticket from Victoria to Nancy.

#2

Kim and I were 18 when we traveled to Budapest. We explored the city,