Russian Roulette: How British Spies Thwarted Lenin's Plot for Global Revolution (51 page)

West, Nigel,
MI6
:
British Secret Intelligence Service Operations, 1909–45
(London, 1983).

Yusupov, Prince Felix,
Lost Splendour
(London, 1953).

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Pictures

akg-images/RIA Novosti: 3 above left. The British Library, Bailey Collection: 4. Corbis: 1 above right and below, 2 above right, 3 above right, 7 below right. Paul Dukes
The Story of “ST 25” Adventure and Romance in the Secret Intelligence Service In Red Russia
, 1938: 5. Imperial War Museums/© IWM Q20636: 6 above. Michael Kettle
The Road to Intervention, Russia and the Allies 1917-20
Vol 2, Routledge 1988: 8 below. Gustav Krist
Alone Through The Forbidden Land, Journeys In Disguise Through Soviet Central Asia
, 1938: 7 above. Reproduced with the permission of Leeds University Library: 2 below left and right. The National Archives/WO 106/1170: 6 below left and right. M. N. Roy
Memoirs
, 1964: 8 above left and right. TopFoto/RIA Novosti: 1 above left.

Text

Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material:

Ian Fleming quote reproduced with permission of the Ian Fleming Estate (taken from Sidney Reilly,
The Adventures of Sidney Reilly, Britain’s Master Spy
, London, 1931).

Oxford University Press:
Mission to Tashkent
by F. M. Bailey, © F. M. Bailey 1946 and renewed 1992. Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press.

The Marsh Agency Ltd and Frontline Books:
Memoirs of a British Agent
by Robert Bruce Lockhart. Reprinted by permission of Frontline Books on behalf of print rights and The Marsh Agency, on behalf of The Estate of Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart, on behalf of electronic rights.

The Arthur Ransome Estate and Random House UK:
Autobiography
by Arthur Ransome. Reprinted by permission of The Arthur Ransome Estate and Random House UK on behalf of print and electronic rights.

Every reasonable effort has been made to trace the copyright holders, but if there are any errors or omissions, Hodder & Stoughton will be pleased to insert the appropriate acknowledgement in any subsequent printings or editions.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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.

www.gilesmilton.com

Also by Giles Milton

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The Riddle and the Knight

Nathaniel’s Nutmeg

Big Chief Elizabeth

Samurai William

White Gold

Paradise Lost

Wolfram

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