MEMOIRS OF A BRITISH AGENT

Being an account of the author’s early life in many lands and of his official mission to Moscow in 1918, R.H.Bruce Lockhart, Pan paperback edition 2002.

When first published in 1934, this book was an immediate classic, both as one man’s vivid story of struggle, excitement and tragedy set against the background of great events. Bruce Lockhart was Acting Consul-General in Moscow when the first Revolution broke out in 1917. Sent home because of an affair with a married woman, he returned to Russia the following year as Head of the British Mission to the Bolsheviks. His graphic first-hand description of the Moscow of 1918, his frequent encounters with Lenin, Trotsky and the other architects of the Revolution, his experiences as a prisoner in the famous Loubianka prison; all combine as a fascinating picture of one man present at history in the making. The book is illustrated in black and white and is in good condition.