-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 life 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 commu
