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H G Wells's lover was Russian spy

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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20020512
Author:Jonathan Thompson

H G Wells, the celebrated author of The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds, was also an unwitting dupe of Russian intelligence, a new biography claims.

Using letters and documents previously suppressed by the Wells estate, the book portrays him as a womaniser who fell into the arms of a Russian spy.

Wells was a leading figure in British society for much of the first half of the 20th century, and a friend of both Roosevelt and Churchill. But, according to American biographer Andrea Lynn, he was used by Stalin's agents to gain information about these and other Western ...

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