Rogue Agent : From Secret Plots to Psychological Warfare, The Untold Story of Robert Bruce Lockhart

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`It is impossible not to keep the pages turning' Scotland on Sunday`It's a brilliant book everyone, go and get it!' Dan Snow�`Compelling and meticulously researched,�the riveting l ife of a maverick Scottish spy.' Charles Cumming____________________THE THRILLING BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT BRUCE LOCKHART, BRITAIN'S `AGENT' IN MOSCOW�Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart (1887-1970) 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 Agent�is 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 World War.��Exploring Lockhart's unorthodox thinking and contributions to the development of psychological warfare as well as his hedonistic lifestyle, late nights and many affairs that left him in a state of perpetual debt, Rogue Agent�tells the thrilling story of this unconventional war hero. ________________`[A] rigorously researched yet lively and highly readable account' Professor Rory Cormac, author of How to Stage a Coup�`Riveting. reads like a thriller.' Julia Boyd, author of A Village in the Third Reich�`A mesmerising tale of espionage and journalism.' James Hawes, author of The Shortest History of Germany Show more