Did an Englishman assist in the murder of Rasputin? Did a man knowns as the “Ace of Spies” almost carry off the assassination of the entire Bolshevik power structure? Did British agents really use semen as an invisible ink?
Giles Milton, author of Russian Roulette: How British Spies Thwarted Lenin's Plot for Global Revolution, has the answers.
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of Latitude: The True Story of the World’s First Scientific Expedition. More
Lewis H. Lapham talks with Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads: A New History of the World. More
Lewis Lapham talks with historian John Julius Norwich about one of the most successful institutions the world has ever known. More
Lewis H. Lapham talks with Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of Analogia: The Emergence of Technology Beyond Programmable Control. More