TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ferguson,Harry
TI  - Operation Kronstadt
SN  - 9781407426822
U1  - 327.1241094709041 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Leicester
PB  - Clipper Large Print
KW  - Agar, Gus.
KW  - Cumming, Mansfield,
KW  - Agar, Augustus,
KW  - Dukes, Paul,
KW  - Dukes, Paul.
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - MI6
KW  - Revolution (Soviet Union : 1917-1921)
KW  - fast
KW  - Large print books
KW  - Espionage, British
KW  - Intelligence service
KW  - Large type books
KW  - History
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - Revolution, 1917-1921
KW  - gsafd
N1  - Originally published: London: Hutchinson; Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references
N2  - In Operation Kronstadt, former MI6 officer Harry Ferguson not only reveals the early days of Britain's intelligence services but uncovers a truly dramatic story from the Russian Revolution involving a daring rescue attempt and a 'mission impossible' against the best defended naval target in Russia. By May 1919, when the power struggle between former Tsarists and Bolsheviks hangs in the balance, the only British agent in Russia is trapped and in mortal danger. Mansfield Cumming, the first 'C', dreams up an audacious - probably suicidal - plan to rescue him, and a young naval officer is sent with a specially selected team into the jaws of the Soviet fleet. This is the remarkable story of the spy, Paul Dukes, (the only MI6 officer to be knighted for work in the field), and of Gus Agar, whose extraordinary escapade won him the Victoria Cross
ER  -