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A very dangerous woman : the lives, loves and lies of Russia's most seductive spy / Deborah McDonald and Jeremy Dronfield.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection UB271.R92 B83 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McDonald, Deborah.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Budberg, Moura.
- Women spies--Russia (Federation)--Biography.
- Women spies.
- Women spies--Great Britain--Biography.
- Lockhart, Robert Hamilton Bruce, 1887-1970.
- Lockhart, Robert Hamilton Bruce.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 400 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Oneworld, 2015.
- Summary:
- Tells the story of the Russian aristocrat turned spy, including being born into wealth, falling in love with British diplomat and secret agent Robert Bruce Lockhart, and a life in exile in England.
- Contents:
- Flouting all conventions: 1916-1918
- Love and survival: 1918-1919
- In exile: 1919-1924
- England: 1924-1946
- Moura's salon: 1946-1974.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [384]-391) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Jones Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781780747088
- 178074708X
- OCLC:
- 890181362
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