{"product_id":"9781783968046","title":"Rogue Agent : From Secret Plots to Psychological Warfare, the Untold Story of Robert Bruce Lockhart","description":"\u003cp\u003e'It is impossible not to keep the pages turning' Scotland on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'It's a brilliant book everyone, go and get it!' Dan Snow \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Compelling and meticulously researched, the riveting life of a maverick Scottish spy.' Charles Cumming\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e____________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTHE THRILLING BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT BRUCE LOCKHART, BRITAIN'S 'AGENT' IN MOSCOW\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSir 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRogue 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExploring 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'[A] rigorously researched yet lively and highly readable account' Professor Rory Cormac, author of How to Stage a Coup\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Riveting... reads like a thriller.' Julia Boyd, author of A Village in the Third Reich\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A mesmerising tale of espionage and journalism.' James Hawes, author of The Shortest History of Germany\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elliott \u0026 Thompson Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52931074883893,"sku":"EB_MW0800_J07-05_DUBAI","price":150.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/7773\/1381\/files\/9781783968046-1.jpg?v=1789407761","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.ae\/ar\/products\/9781783968046","provider":"Books Kinokuniya UAE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}