Bibliograph

Russian roulette, how British spies thwarted Lenin's plot for global revolution, Giles Milton

Type

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Russian roulette, how British spies thwarted Lenin's plot for global revolution, Giles Milton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Russian roulette

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

860395818

Responsibility statement

Giles Milton

Sub title

how British spies thwarted Lenin's plot for global revolution

Summary

Russian Roulette tells the spectacular and harrowing story of the British spies in revolutionary Russia and their mission to stop Lenin<U+2019>s red tide from washing across the free world. They were an eccentric cast of characters, led by Mansfield Cumming, a one-legged, monocle-wearing former sea captain, and included novelist W. Somerset Maugham, beloved children<U+2019>s author Arthur Ransome, and the dashing, ice-cool Sidney Reilly, the legendary Ace of Spies and a model for Ian Fleming<U+2019>s James Bond. Cumming<U+2019>s network would pioneer the field of covert action and would one day become MI6

Target audience

adult

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