Beware the Rugged Russian Bear: British adventurers exposing the BolsheviksJohn Ure When the Bolsheviks under Lenin first took power in Russia in 1917, many thought that the good times had come. The British Government was unsure how long the regime would last and sent agents into the country. John Ure has taken the stories, reports and books left behind by these intrepid men and women, and given us a fresh angle on the revolution and its aftermath. These adventurers were sometimes diplomats with a secret agenda, reporting back to the Foreign Office, some were soldiers or journalists or scholars; one was a clergyman. Some, such as Somerset Maugham and Fitzroy Maclean, are household names, but the majority are less known and largely unsung. All had a personal interest in Russia and spoke t