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Lockhart Plot : Love, Betrayal, Assassination and Counter-Revolution in Lenin's Russia
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2020
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Europe / Eastern, Military / General
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Jonathan Schneer
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"It would make a cracking Hollywood thriller ... The Lockhart Plot is terrifically entertaining. Schneer does an excellent job of evoking the paranoid atmosphere of Russia in 1918, and his book teems with colourful characters." -- Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times"A rollicking and thriller-like narrative that captures the chaos and turbulence of post-revolutionary Petrograd and Moscow." -- Jonathan Steele, The Guardian"Schneer has made not one but several gripping narratives out of what he has been able to discover." -- Neal Ascherson, London Review of Books"A well-researched and well-written reminder of the pitfalls and bear-traps that governments can encounter when attempting, clandestinely, to interfere in other countries." -- Roderick Bailey, Times Literary Supplement"The Lockhart Plot is suspenseful and moody. It takes readers back in time and place to meet and follow in the steps of the plotters, provides insight on Bolshevism and its believers and critics, and deftly presents conflicting views and perspectives. On top of that, it reads like a top-level spy novel. Outstanding." -- K.M. Sandrick, Historical Novel Society"Schneer's portraits of the central characters are lifelike as he examines motivations that include money and opportunity as well as duty and idealism. It's a page turner." -- David Luhrrsen, Shepherd Express"Schneer does an excellent job of untangling the thick mass of contradictory testimony, false leads, dubious sources, fake identities, double-dealing, and skullduggery to present the most complete and reliable history of Allied plotting in the first year of Soviet power." -- Douglas Smith, Los Angeles Review of Books"Excellent ... [This pacey] book is worth reading for its character portraits alone." -- Alexander Watson, Literary Review"A cracking book." -- Mark Rowe, Professional Security Magazine"Bruce Lockhart, debonair British secret agent, and Felix Dzerzhinsky, ruthless mastermind of the Soviet security service, face off in a deadly duel of smoke and mirrors. At stake: the fate of the Russian Revolution itself. It's an incredible story and Jonathan Schneer tells it with wit, panache and a razor-sharp historical sensibility. A brilliant examination that finally uncovers the mysteries of the "Lockhart Plot"." -- Marc Mulholland, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, Author of The Murderer of Warren Street"This is a well-written book: informative, fun to read, paced like a thriller, and very deeply researched in available sources." -- Daniel Orlovsky, Journal of Modern History, "It would make a cracking Hollywood thriller ... The Lockhart Plot is terrifically entertaining. Schneer does an excellent job of evoking the paranoid atmosphere of Russia in 1918, and his book teems with colourful characters." -- Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times "A rollicking and thriller-like narrative that captures the chaos and turbulence of post-revolutionary Petrograd and Moscow." -- Jonathan Steele, The Guardian "Schneer has made not one but several gripping narratives out of what he has been able to discover." -- Neal Ascherson, London Review of Books "Excellent ... [This pacey] book is worth reading for its character portraits alone." -- Alexander Watson, Literary Review "A cracking book." -- Mark Rowe, Professional Security Magazine "Bruce Lockhart, debonair British secret agent, and Felix Dzerzhinsky, ruthless mastermind of the Soviet security service, face off in a deadly duel of smoke and mirrors. At stake: the fate of the Russian Revolution itself. It's an incredible story and Jonathan Schneer tells it with wit, panache and a razor-sharp historical sensibility. A brilliant examination that finally uncovers the mysteries of the "Lockhart Plot"." -- Marc Mulholland, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, Author of The Murderer of Warren Street, "A rollicking and thriller-like narrative that captures the chaos and turbulence of post-revolutionary Petrograd and Moscow." -- Jonathan Steele, The Guardian "Excellent ... [This pacey] book is worth reading for its character portraits alone." -- Alexander Watson, Literary Review "Bruce Lockhart, debonair British secret agent, and Felix Dzerzhinsky, ruthless mastermind of the Soviet security service, face off in a deadly duel of smoke and mirrors. At stake: the fate of the Russian Revolution itself. It's an incredible story and Jonathan Schneer tells it with wit, panache and a razor-sharp historical sensibility. A brilliant examination that finally uncovers the mysteries of the "Lockhart Plot"." -- Marc Mulholland, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, Author of The Murderer of Warren Street, "It would make a cracking Hollywood thriller ... The Lockhart Plot is terrifically entertaining. Schneer does an excellent job of evoking the paranoid atmosphere of Russia in 1918, and his book teems with colourful characters." -- Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times "A rollicking and thriller-like narrative that captures the chaos and turbulence of post-revolutionary Petrograd and Moscow." -- Jonathan Steele, The Guardian "Schneer has made not one but several gripping narratives out of what he has been able to discover." -- Neal Ascherson, London Review of Books "The Lockhart Plot is suspenseful and moody. It takes readers back in time and place to meet and follow in the steps of the plotters, provides insight on Bolshevism and its believers and critics, and deftly presents conflicting views and perspectives. On top of that, it reads like a top-level spy novel. Outstanding." -- K.M. Sandrick, Historical Novel Society "Schneer's portraits of the central characters are lifelike as he examines motivations that include money and opportunity as well as duty and idealism. It's a page turner." -- David Luhrrsen, Shepherd Express "Schneer does an excellent job of untangling the thick mass of contradictory testimony, false leads, dubious sources, fake identities, double-dealing, and skullduggery to present the most complete and reliable history of Allied plotting in the first year of Soviet power." -- Douglas Smith, Los Angeles Review of Books "Excellent ... [This pacey] book is worth reading for its character portraits alone." -- Alexander Watson, Literary Review "A cracking book." -- Mark Rowe, Professional Security Magazine "Bruce Lockhart, debonair British secret agent, and Felix Dzerzhinsky, ruthless mastermind of the Soviet security service, face off in a deadly duel of smoke and mirrors. At stake: the fate of the Russian Revolution itself. It's an incredible story and Jonathan Schneer tells it with wit, panache and a razor-sharp historical sensibility. A brilliant examination that finally uncovers the mysteries of the "Lockhart Plot"." -- Marc Mulholland, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, Author of The Murderer of Warren Street, "It would make a cracking Hollywood thriller ... The Lockhart Plot is terrifically entertaining. Schneer does an excellent job of evoking the paranoid atmosphere of Russia in 1918, and his book teems with colourful characters." -- Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times "A rollicking and thriller-like narrative that captures the chaos and turbulence of post-revolutionary Petrograd and Moscow." -- Jonathan Steele, The Guardian "Excellent ... [This pacey] book is worth reading for its character portraits alone." -- Alexander Watson, Literary Review "A cracking book." -- Mark Rowe, Professional Security Magazine "Bruce Lockhart, debonair British secret agent, and Felix Dzerzhinsky, ruthless mastermind of the Soviet security service, face off in a deadly duel of smoke and mirrors. At stake: the fate of the Russian Revolution itself. It's an incredible story and Jonathan Schneer tells it with wit, panache and a razor-sharp historical sensibility. A brilliant examination that finally uncovers the mysteries of the "Lockhart Plot"." -- Marc Mulholland, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, Author of The Murderer of Warren Street, "It would make a cracking Hollywood thriller ... The Lockhart Plot is terrifically entertaining. Schneer does an excellent job of evoking the paranoid atmosphere of Russia in 1918, and his book teems with colourful characters." -- Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times"A rollicking and thriller-like narrative that captures the chaos and turbulence of post-revolutionary Petrograd and Moscow." -- Jonathan Steele, The Guardian"Schneer has made not one but several gripping narratives out of what he has been able to discover." -- Neal Ascherson, London Review of Books"A well-researched and well-written reminder of the pitfalls and bear-traps that governments can encounter when attempting, clandestinely, to interfere in other countries." -- Roderick Bailey, Times Literary Supplement"The Lockhart Plot is suspenseful and moody. It takes readers back in time and place to meet and follow in the steps of the plotters, provides insight on Bolshevism and its believers and critics, and deftly presents conflicting views and perspectives. On top of that, it reads like a top-level spy novel. Outstanding." -- K.M. Sandrick, Historical Novel Society"Schneer's portraits of the central characters are lifelike as he examines motivations that include money and opportunity as well as duty and idealism. It's a page turner." -- David Luhrrsen, Shepherd Express"Schneer does an excellent job of untangling the thick mass of contradictory testimony, false leads, dubious sources, fake identities, double-dealing, and skullduggery to present the most complete and reliable history of Allied plotting in the first year of Soviet power." -- Douglas Smith, Los Angeles Review of Books"Excellent ... [This pacey] book is worth reading for its character portraits alone." -- Alexander Watson, Literary Review"A cracking book." -- Mark Rowe, Professional Security Magazine"Bruce Lockhart, debonair British secret agent, and Felix Dzerzhinsky, ruthless mastermind of the Soviet security service, face off in a deadly duel of smoke and mirrors. At stake: the fate of the Russian Revolution itself. It's an incredible story and Jonathan Schneer tells it with wit, panache and a razor-sharp historical sensibility. A brilliant examination that finally uncovers the mysteries of the "Lockhart Plot"." -- Marc Mulholland, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, Author of The Murderer of Warren Street, Bruce Lockhart, debonair British secret agent, and Felix Dzerzhinsky, ruthless mastermind of the Soviet security service, face off in a deadly duel of smoke and mirrors. At stake: the fate of the Russian Revolution itself. It's an incredible story and Jonathan Schneer tells it with wit, panache and a razor-sharp historical sensibility. A brilliant examination that finally uncovers the mysteries of the Lockhart Plot., "Bruce Lockhart, debonair British secret agent, and Felix Dzerzhinsky, ruthless mastermind of the Soviet security service, face off in a deadly duel of smoke and mirrors. At stake: the fate of the Russian Revolution itself. It's an incredible story and Jonathan Schneer tells it with wit, panache and a razor-sharp historical sensibility. A brilliant examination that finally uncovers the mysteries of the "Lockhart Plot"." -- Marc Mulholland, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, Author of The Murderer of Warren Street, "It would make a cracking Hollywood thriller ... The Lockhart Plot is terrifically entertaining. Schneer does an excellent job of evoking the paranoid atmosphere of Russia in 1918, and his book teems with colourful characters." -- Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times "A rollicking and thriller-like narrative that captures the chaos and turbulence of post-revolutionary Petrograd and Moscow." -- Jonathan Steele, The Guardian "Schneer has made not one but several gripping narratives out of what he has been able to discover." -- Neal Ascherson, London Review of Books "Schneer's portraits of the central characters are lifelike as he examines motivations that include money and opportunity as well as duty and idealism. It's a page turner." -- David Luhrrsen, Shepherd Express "Schneer does an excellent job of untangling the thick mass of contradictory testimony, false leads, dubious sources, fake identities, double-dealing, and skullduggery to present the most complete and reliable history of Allied plotting in the first year of Soviet power." -- Douglas Smith, Los Angeles Review of Books "Excellent ... [This pacey] book is worth reading for its character portraits alone." -- Alexander Watson, Literary Review "A cracking book." -- Mark Rowe, Professional Security Magazine "Bruce Lockhart, debonair British secret agent, and Felix Dzerzhinsky, ruthless mastermind of the Soviet security service, face off in a deadly duel of smoke and mirrors. At stake: the fate of the Russian Revolution itself. It's an incredible story and Jonathan Schneer tells it with wit, panache and a razor-sharp historical sensibility. A brilliant examination that finally uncovers the mysteries of the "Lockhart Plot"." -- Marc Mulholland, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, Author of The Murderer of Warren Street, "It would make a cracking Hollywood thriller ... The Lockhart Plot is terrifically entertaining. Schneer does an excellent job of evoking the paranoid atmosphere of Russia in 1918, and his book teems with colourful characters." -- Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times "A rollicking and thriller-like narrative that captures the chaos and turbulence of post-revolutionary Petrograd and Moscow." -- Jonathan Steele, The Guardian "Schneer has made not one but several gripping narratives out of what he has been able to discover." -- Neal Ascherson, London Review of Books "A well-researched and well-written reminder of the pitfalls and bear-traps that governments can encounter when attempting, clandestinely, to interfere in other countries." -- Roderick Bailey, Times Literary Supplement "The Lockhart Plot is suspenseful and moody. It takes readers back in time and place to meet and follow in the steps of the plotters, provides insight on Bolshevism and its believers and critics, and deftly presents conflicting views and perspectives. On top of that, it reads like a top-level spy novel. Outstanding." -- K.M. Sandrick, Historical Novel Society "Schneer's portraits of the central characters are lifelike as he examines motivations that include money and opportunity as well as duty and idealism. It's a page turner." -- David Luhrrsen, Shepherd Express "Schneer does an excellent job of untangling the thick mass of contradictory testimony, false leads, dubious sources, fake identities, double-dealing, and skullduggery to present the most complete and reliable history of Allied plotting in the first year of Soviet power." -- Douglas Smith, Los Angeles Review of Books "Excellent ... [This pacey] book is worth reading for its character portraits alone." -- Alexander Watson, Literary Review "A cracking book." -- Mark Rowe, Professional Security Magazine "Bruce Lockhart, debonair British secret agent, and Felix Dzerzhinsky, ruthless mastermind of the Soviet security service, face off in a deadly duel of smoke and mirrors. At stake: the fate of the Russian Revolution itself. It's an incredible story and Jonathan Schneer tells it with wit, panache and a razor-sharp historical sensibility. A brilliant examination that finally uncovers the mysteries of the "Lockhart Plot"." -- Marc Mulholland, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, Author of The Murderer of Warren Street, "A rollicking and thriller-like narrative that captures the chaos and turbulence of post-revolutionary Petrograd and Moscow." -- Jonathan Steele, The Guardian "Excellent ... [This pacey] book is worth reading for its character portraits alone." -- Alexander Watson, Literary Review "A cracking book." -- Mark Rowe, Professional Security Magazine "Bruce Lockhart, debonair British secret agent, and Felix Dzerzhinsky, ruthless mastermind of the Soviet security service, face off in a deadly duel of smoke and mirrors. At stake: the fate of the Russian Revolution itself. It's an incredible story and Jonathan Schneer tells it with wit, panache and a razor-sharp historical sensibility. A brilliant examination that finally uncovers the mysteries of the "Lockhart Plot"." -- Marc Mulholland, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, Author of The Murderer of Warren Street
Dewey Decimal
947.084/1
Table Of Content
IntroductionI: Lockhart before the Fall1. The Making of Bruce Lockhart2. The Education of Bruce Lockhart3. The Temptations of Bruce LockhartII: Defenders of the Faith4. Iron Felix Dzerzhinsky5. Tender Jacov Peters6. The ChekaIII: Towards the Fall7. The 'Ace of Spies'8. First Steps Towards the Counter-Revolution9. The Question of Moura10. Why Lockhart turned to the Latvians 1011. Dzerzhinsky Counters12. Intrigue and Romance in Revolutionary Russia13. The Lockhart Plot Takes ShapeIV: The Fall14. The Lockhart Plot15. The Defeat of the Lockhart Plot16. Dénouement17. Epilogue18. ConclusionAcknowledgementsNotesBibliographyIndex
Synopsis
During the spring and summer of 1918, with World War I still undecided, British, French and American agents in Russia developed a breathtakingly audacious plan. Led by Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart, a dashing, cynical, urbane 30-year-old Scot, they conspired to overthrow Lenin's newly established Bolshevik regime, and to install one that would continue the war against Germany on the Eastern Front. Lockhart's confidante and chief support, with whom he engaged in a passionate love affair, was the mysterious, alluring Moura von Benkendorff, wife of a former aide-de-camp to the Tsar. The plotters' chief opponent was "Iron Felix" Dzerzhinsky. He led the Cheka, "Sword and Shield" of the Russian Revolution and forerunner of the KGB. Dzerzhinsky loved humanity - in the abstract. He believed socialism represented humanity's best hope. To preserve and protect it he would unleash unbounded terror. Revolutionary Russia provided the setting for the ensuing contest. In the back streets of Petrograd and Moscow, in rough gypsy cabarets, in glittering nightclubs, in cells beneath the Cheka's Lubianka prison, the protagonists engaged in a deadly game of wits for the highest possible stakes - not merely life and death, but the outcome of a world war and the nature of Russia's post-war regime. Confident of success, the conspirators set the date for an uprising, September 8, 1918, but the Cheka had penetrated their organization and pounced just beforehand. The Lockhart Plot was a turning point in world history, except it failed to turn. At a time when Russian meddling in British and American politics now sounds warning bells, however, we may sense its reverberations and realize that it is still relevant., During the spring and summer of 1918, with World War I still undecided, British, French and American agents in Russia developed a breathtakingly audacious plan. Led by Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart, a dashing, cynical, urbane 30-year-old Scot, they conspired to overthrow Lenin's newly established Bolshevik regime, and to install one that would continue the war against Germany on the Eastern Front. Lockhart's confidante and chief support, with whom he engaged in a passionate love affair, was the mysterious, alluring Moura von Benkendorff, wife of a former aide-de-camp to the Tsar. The plotters' chief opponent was 'Iron Felix' Dzerzhinsky. He led the Cheka, 'Sword and Shield' of the Russian Revolution and forerunner of the KGB. Dzerzhinsky loved humanity - in the abstract. He believed socialism represented humanity's best hope. To preserve and protect it he would unleash unbounded terror. Revolutionary Russia provided the setting for the ensuing contest. In the back streets of Petrograd and Moscow, in rough gypsy cabarets, in glittering nightclubs, in cells beneath the Cheka's Lubianka prison, the protagonists engaged in a deadly game of wits for the highest possible stakes - not merely life and death, but the outcome of a world war and the nature of Russia's post-war regime. Confident of success, the conspirators set the date for an uprising, September 8, 1918, but the Cheka had penetrated their organization and pounced just beforehand. The Lockhart Plot was a turning point in world history, except it failed to turn. At a time when Russian meddling in British and American politics now sounds warning bells, however, we may sense its reverberations and realize that it is still relevant., During the spring and summer of 1918, with World War I still undecided, British, French and American agents in Russia developed a breathtakingly audacious plan. Led by Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart, a dashing, cynical, urbane 30-year-old Scot, they conspired to overthrow Lenin's newly established Bolshevik regime, and to install one that would continue the war against Germany on the Eastern Front. Lockhart's confidante and chief support, with whom he engaged in a passionate love affair, was the mysterious, alluring Moura von Benkendorff, wife of a former aide-de-camp to the Tsar. The plotters' chief opponent was 'Iron Felix' Dzerzhinsky. He led the Cheka, 'Sword and Shield' of the Russian Revolution and forerunner of the KGB. Dzerzhinsky loved humanity - in the abstract. He believed socialism represented humanity's best hope. To preserve and protect it he would unleash unbounded terror.Revolutionary Russia provided the setting for the ensuing contest. In the back streets of Petrograd and Moscow, in rough gypsy cabarets, in glittering nightclubs, in cells beneath the Cheka's Lubianka prison, the protagonists engaged in a deadly game of wits for the highest possible stakes - not merely life and death, but the outcome of a world war and the nature of Russia's post-war regime. Confident of success, the conspirators set the date for an uprising, September 8, 1918, but the Cheka had penetrated their organization and pounced just beforehand. The Lockhart Plot was a turning point in world history, except it failed to turn. At a time when Russian meddling in British and American politics now sounds warning bells, however, we may sense its reverberations and realize that it is still relevant., This is the extraordinary story of the British plot in the summer of 1918 to overthrow the Bolshevik government in Russia, murder the Bolshevik leaders, and install a new government in Moscow that would re-open the war against the Germans on the Eastern Front.
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