His co-defendant Christopher Andrew Simpson, 47, of West Bridgford, was jailed for 18 months after he also pleading guilty to fraud.

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As with the first, Mitrokhin has a co-author, Christopher Andrew, an historian who enjoys close ties with Britain's security and intelligence services.

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"Michael, Christopher and Andrew now have to grow up without him, " McCormick said as Jackie Califano sat in the front row of the courtroom, hugging her sons, 16, 13 and 8.

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He's written a crackling good book that examines the lives of, among others, Christopher Columbus, Andrew Carnegie and human-genome entrepreneur Craig Venter, and Hollywood's Selznick and Mayer families.

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Associated Press writers John Rogers, Andrew Dalton, Christopher Weber and Robert Jablon contributed to this story from Los Angeles.

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