Russian roulette: a deadly game how British spies thwarted Lenin's global plot
by Milton, Giles.
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BookPublisher: Sceptre 2013ISBN: 9781444737028; 1444737023; 9781444737059; 1444737058.Classification number: 327.1241 MILSubject(s): Lenin 1870-1924 | Cumming 1859-1923 | Espionage, British -- Soviet Union | Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Influence | Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1917-1945Subject: 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.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 327.1241 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002839182X |
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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.
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