Pritchards Bookshop are pleased to present author and Professor of International History at Liverpool John Moores University, James Crossland as he discusses his book ROGUE AGENT
DATE: Wednesday 23rd July @ 7pm
LOCATION: ROUND EIGHT, COOKS ROAD, CROSBY, L23 2TB
Tickets are £3, which is redeemable off the price of the book on the night! James will also be happy to sign copies of his book on the night.
(This is an e-ticket - just show your email confirmation on the night for entrance)
Synopsis of Rogue Agent
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 communist regime, to leading the Political Warfare
Executive, a secret body responsible for disinformation and propaganda in the Second World War.
Exploring 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.