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 talks with Stephen Greenblatt, author of Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics. More
Lewis Lapham talks with Stephen Greenblatt, 2011 winner of the National Book Award in nonfiction. More
Lewis H. Lapham talks with Roger D. Hodge, author of Texas Blood: Seven Generations Among the Outlaws, Ranchers, Indians, Missionaries, Soldiers, and Smugglers of the Borderlands. More
Willard Sterne Randall and Lewis Lapham talk about the life and adventures of Ethan Allen. More
Lewis Lapham talks with William Hogeland about the creation of the United States’ first standing army and its victory over a coalition of Indian forces that sought to halt the country’s expansion. More
Lewis H. Lapham talks with Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve. More