
Russian Roulette
How British Spies Thwarted Lenin's Plot for Global Revolution
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Narrado por:
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Napoleon Ryan
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De:
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Giles Milton
In 1917, a band of communist revolutionaries stormed the Winter Palace of Tsar Nicholas II - a dramatic and explosive act marking that Vladimir Lenin’s communist revolution was now underway. But Lenin would not be satisfied with overthrowing the Tsar. His goal was a global revolt that would topple all Western capitalist regimes - starting with the British Empire. Russian Roulette tells the spectacular and harrowing story of the British spies in revolutionary Russia and their mission to stop Lenin’s red tide from washing across the free world. They were an eccentric cast of characters, led by Mansfield Cumming, a one-legged, monocle-wearing former sea captain, and included novelist W. Somerset Maugham, beloved children’s author Arthur Ransome, and the dashing, ice-cool Sidney Reilly, the legendary Ace of Spies and a model for Ian Fleming’s James Bond.
Cumming’s network would pioneer the field of covert action and would one day become MI6. Living in disguise, constantly switching identities, they infiltrated Soviet commissariats, the Red Army, and Cheka (the feared secret police), and would come within a whisker of assassinating Lenin. In a sequence of bold exploits that stretched from Moscow to the central Asian city of Tashkent, this unlikely band of agents succeeded in foiling Lenin’s plot for global revolution.
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What made the experience of listening to Russian Roulette the most enjoyable?
This detailed biographical history of the beginning of MI 6 during and after WW-1 and the subsequent infiltration of the Bolsheviks, Lenin's Cominterm - with world revolution especially in India and the current middle east which sheds light on current events and spies with nerves of steel, a flair for unimaginable danger, and quick intellect. Wow!Who was your favorite character and why?
Cummins, AKA "C"........he invented the whole affair....Have you listened to any of Napoleon Ryan’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No, but his performance was brilliant and he sounds like a spy!If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Tea And Vodka On The Eastern FrontAny additional comments?
If you have read "Farewell" this book is made for you, brother!Nerves Of Steel British Spies Vs Russia: WW1 Era
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Would you try another book from Giles Milton and/or Napoleon Ryan?
Giles Milton, yes... The narrator no. Literally an awesome read, horrible listen.What did you like best about this story?
The writing. Anytime a history is written as a suspenseful novel, it's a winWould you be willing to try another one of Napoleon Ryan’s performances?
Absolutely not. Nothing against this guy, but for him to narratate nonfiction is ridiculous. He sounds like he's doing a murder mystery at a mansion. I had to try really hard to take the book seriously, which thank heavens it was well writte so I could.Did Russian Roulette inspire you to do anything?
Um..... Like be a spy or something? No. But I got another book when it was over.Any additional comments?
If I were the author I would wonder if there is a petition to have audible re record the book with someone else that doesn't sound like Sherlock HolmesWhat a tragedy
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Much better than expected
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Riveting story and very well written
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Would Make A Good Movie
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Excellent histoary that doesn't hide the ball
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