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 Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing. More
Lewis H. Lapham talks with Jill Lepore, author of These Truths: A History of the United States. More
Lewis H. Lapham talks with Stephen Greenblatt, author of Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783–1850. More
Lewis Lapham talks with historian Amanda Foreman about Britain’s role in the American Civil War. More