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British spies and the Bolshevik Revolution: “Forensic evidence concluding that the fatal wound came from a British-made revolver may not have been enough evidence to convict Oswald Rayner for Rasputin’s murder in 1916, but the British spy would admit before his death that he was at the palace when the murder occurred. The Oxford graduate had studied with the main assassin, Felix Yusupov, before being stationed in Russia alongside a multitude of other British agents helping Britain’s then-ally in their war against Germany. However, as Russia tipped towards Marxist-inspired revolution determined to “liberate” the proletariat from capitalists, these Brits found that their once-partners had become their enemies. In Russian Roulette: How British Spies Thwarted Lenin’s Plot for Global Revolution, Giles Milton retells this captivating history in easy prose that makes for perfect reading in a history-lover’s summer beach-chair, preferably with a glass of Pimm’s as a Union Jack flaps nearby.”