Russian Roulette
How British Spies Defeated Lenin
$27.48
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
7 July 2014
Summary
1917, post-Russian Revolution, an unlikely and eccentric band of British spies are smuggled into newly Soviet Russia to thwart Lenin’s plan to destroy British rule in India, as a precursor to toppling the democracies of the West. The spies, under Mansfield Cumming, were the unsung founders of the present-day MI6.
The Soviet plot was breathtaking in scale: its aim was to destroy British rule in India, as a precursor to toppling the democracies of the West. It was to bring together two …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444737042 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 144473704X |
| Author: | Giles Milton |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 7 July 2014 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
Giles Milton’s fast-packed account of Britain’s attempts to sabotage Lenin’s revolution reads like a madcap thriller … Milton has synthesised and filleted a mass of material - old memoirs, official archives and newly released intelligence files - to produce a rollicking tale … which explains the long war against Russia with verve, wit and colour. It reads like fiction, but it is, astonishingly, history. - The Times
This gripping history of derring-do and invisible ink brings to life the exploits of the British spies who waged war against Russia during the Cold War … Full of novelistic flourishes … [readers] will find themselves as gripped as they would be by the very best of Fleming or le Carre. - Sunday Times CultureMilton is a compulsive storyteller whose rattling style ensures this is the antithesis of a dry treatise on espionage. And unlike 007, it’s all true. - The Daily ExpressA terrific story, told with Milton’s customary fluency and eye for detail. - Mail on SundayAbout The Author
Giles Milton
Giles Milton is a writer and historian. He is the bestselling author of Nathaniel’s Nutmeg, Big Chief Elizabeth, The Riddle and the Knight, White Gold, Samurai William, Paradise Lost and, most recently, Wolfram. His books have been translated into 18 languages. White Gold is currently being piloted as a major Channel 4 series. He has also written two novels and three children’s books, two of them illustrated by his wife Alexandra. He lives in South London.
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