Daily Mail, March 1st, 2005
HE is famous as the author of Swallows And Amazons, one of the enduring children's books of the 20th century. But nearly 90 years ago Arthur Ransome had been recruited by MI6 to gather intelligence in Russia, and gather intelligence in Russia, and had the code number S.76, but MI5 remained suspicious of his true motives. As Petrograd correspondent for the now-defunct Daily News, Rugby- educated Ransome witnessed the October Revolution of 1917 and became friendly with Lenin, founder of the Bolsheviks, and Trotsky, leader of the Red Army. He also began a relationship with Trotsky's secretary...
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