Table of Contents

Contents: Background to the Files – Why Doris Lessing Became a Communist – The Communist Party of Great Britain – MI5 – The British Security Service – Secret Service Files – The Files on Doris Lessing (chronological) – 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.

About the Author

Peter Raina read Modern History at St Catherine´s College, Oxford. Later he worked on various aspects of British history in Oxford, as Senior Research Associate, the Graduate Centre, Balliol College; Honorary Member of High Table and Member of the Senior Common Room, Christ Church; Associate Member of Nuffield College; Honorary Member of the Senior Common Room, Magdalen College; Visiting Research Scholar, Faculty of History. He has also been a Visiting Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Studies, London; the Centre of International Studies, Cambridge University; and the Centre for International Studies, LSE. He was granted High Table Privileges at Peterhouse and at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He is a Life Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge and a Knight Companion Grand Cross of the Order of St Stanislas.