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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?
About the Author:
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 Stonehouse was a Member of Parliament for nineteen years.
He became a member of the Government in 1964 and served in various
ministerial positions including Under Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Minister of Aviation and Postmaster General. His previous books include
three works of autobiography: Prohibited Immigrant, Death of an Idealist
and May Trial. His novels The Ultimate (written as James Lund) and Ralph
(called Breach of Security in paperback) have already made a considerable
impact.
He became a member of the Government in 1964 and served in various
ministerial positions including Under Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Minister of Aviation and Postmaster General. His previous books include
three works of autobiography: Prohibited Immigrant, Death of an Idealist
and May Trial. His novels The Ultimate (written as James Lund) and Ralph
(called Breach of Security in paperback) have already made a considerable
impact.
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- PublisherCalder Publications Ltd
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0714541060
- ISBN 13 9780714541068
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages427
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