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Compelling and meticulously researched,the riveting life of a maverick Scottish spy.' Charles CummingTHE THRILLING BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT BRUCE LOCKHART, BRITAIN'S AGENT' IN MOSCOWSir Robert Bruce Lockhart (18871970) was an impressive figure: a diplomat, intelligence agent, conspirator, journalist and propagandist who played a key role in both world wars. He was a man who charmed his way into the confidences of everyone from Leon Trotsky to Anthony Eden. A man whom the influential press baron Lord Beaverbook claimed could well have been prime minister'. And yet Lockhart died almost forgotten and near destitute, a Scottish footnote in the pages of history. Rogue Agentis the first biography of this gifted yet habitually flawed maverick. It chronicles his many exploits, from his time as Britain's Agent' in Moscow, and his role in a plot to bring down the communist regime, to leading the Political Warfare Executive, a secret body responsible for disinformation and propaganda in the Second W

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Compelling and meticulously researched,the riveting life of a maverick Scottish spy.' Charles CummingTHE THRILLING BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT BRUCE LOCKHART, BRITAIN'S... Read more

    Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited
    Publication Date: 9/19/2024
    ISBN13: 9781783968046, 978-1783968046
    ISBN10: 1783968044

    Non Fiction , Military History , Non Fiction

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    Compelling and meticulously researched,the riveting life of a maverick Scottish spy.' Charles CummingTHE THRILLING BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT BRUCE LOCKHART, BRITAIN'S AGENT' IN MOSCOWSir Robert Bruce Lockhart (18871970) was an impressive figure: a diplomat, intelligence agent, conspirator, journalist and propagandist who played a key role in both world wars. He was a man who charmed his way into the confidences of everyone from Leon Trotsky to Anthony Eden. A man whom the influential press baron Lord Beaverbook claimed could well have been prime minister'. And yet Lockhart died almost forgotten and near destitute, a Scottish footnote in the pages of history. Rogue Agentis the first biography of this gifted yet habitually flawed maverick. It chronicles his many exploits, from his time as Britain's Agent' in Moscow, and his role in a plot to bring down the communist regime, to leading the Political Warfare Executive, a secret body responsible for disinformation and propaganda in the Second W

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