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RUSSIAN ROULETTE
A DEADLY GAME: HOW BRITISH SPIES THWARTED LENIN'S GLOBAL PLOT |
| By: |
Giles Milton |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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| ISBN 10: |
1444737058 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781444737059 |
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| Publisher: |
HODDER & STOUGHTON GENERAL DIVISION |
| Pub. date: |
29 August, 2013 |
| Edition: |
Illustrated edition |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
'It reads like fiction, but it is, astonishingly, history' The TimesIn 1917, an eccentric band of British spies is smuggled into newly-Soviet Russia. Their goal? To defeat Lenin's plan to destroy British India and bring down the democracies of the West. These extraordinary spies, led by Mansfield Cumming, proved brilliantly successful. They found a wholly new way to deal with enemies, one that relied on espionage and dirty tricks rather than warfare. They were the unsung founders of today's modern, highly professional secret services. They were also the inspiration for fictional heroes to follow, from James Bond to Jason Bourne. |
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8pp B&W |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
John Murray Learning |
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