Single Spies

Main CharactersGuy Burgess (An Englishman Abroad): A lonely, disheveled, and nostalgic defector living in drab Moscow, who yearns for the simple comforts and social connections of his former London life. Sir Anthony Blunt (A Question of Attribution): The refined Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures who meticulously navigates a double life as a high-society art expert and a secret Soviet spy. HM The Queen (A Question of Attribution): A sharp, perceptive monarch whose casual conversation with Blunt about art forgeries hints at her awareness of his own personal and political deceptions.