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Charles Baring, member of an aristocratic family, attends Eton, and becomes Prime Minister, all the while spying for the Soviet Union
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What if Britain's decline as a world power and the many errors
of judgement in military, diplomatic and economic policy since the end of
the First World War had been influenced, not so much as a succession of
world events and individual gaffes, as by the sinister machinations of a
motivated individual, dedicated to the destruction of imperial and
capitalistic Britain?
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of judgement in military, diplomatic and economic policy since the end of
the First World War had been influenced, not so much as a succession of
world events and individual gaffes, as by the sinister machinations of a
motivated individual, dedicated to the destruction of imperial and
capitalistic Britain?
John Stonehouse's biography of Charles Baring, scion of an aristocratic
Norfolk family, is a political thriller set against the history of our
century that raises many questions and makes fascinating reading as we see
the transformation of an Eton schoolboy with a social conscience into a
spy. It opens a window into such events Winston Churchill's invasion of
Russia in 1918 about which little has been written. It gives a fascinating
picture of Soviet Russia under Lenin and Trotsky; explains Trotsky's death,
what lay behind the Suez invasion and many puzzling events that took place
under Tory regimes. It is a new kind of spy novel, comparative in its
historical canvas to Howard Spring's classic, Fame in the Spur. Above all,
it is a good story, well told.
John Thomson Stonehouse was a British politician and minister
under Harold Wilson with a colourful history. He is perhaps most famously
remembered for his unsuccessful attempt at faking his own death in 1974.
The Stonehouse affair is commemorated by Scottish comedian Billy Connolly
in his song "John Stonehouse Went Swimming" and his life is still a subject
of fascination for many. He died in April 1988.
under Harold Wilson with a colourful history. He is perhaps most famously
remembered for his unsuccessful attempt at faking his own death in 1974.
The Stonehouse affair is commemorated by Scottish comedian Billy Connolly
in his song "John Stonehouse Went Swimming" and his life is still a subject
of fascination for many. He died in April 1988.
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- PublisherCalder Publications Ltd
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0714540692
- ISBN 13 9780714540696
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages432
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