The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett #literature Once again caught up in

Once again caught up in the disputes of violent men

the Argo-Saronic islands

PaperbackPublication: 30 Jan 2003

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The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett #literature Once again caught up inThe forgotten story of a group of British mavericks who took on an impossible mission with a daring and fearless approach. As the First World War drew to a close and regimes began to collapse across Europe, British officials plotted a daring campaign to send an unlikely band of maverick soldiers, diplomats and spies to the chaotic region around the Caspian Sea. Their mission: to block the advance of the Turks, to hold back the rising Bolsheviks and