A revelatory and often chilling examination of an English icon, and
his controversial Soviet double life. Arthur Ransome was the J.K.
Rowling of his day, author of a series of children's books that
shaped the imaginations of a generation. But before that, he was an
uncritical apologist for the Bolshevik regime, conducting a love
affair with Leon Trotsky's private secretary, and comparing
Lenin to Oliver Cromwell. At Whitehall, he was accused of being an
agent of a hostile nation, and only narrowly escaped prosecution
for treason.
Roland Chambers studied film and literature in Poland and at New York University before returning to England in 1998. He has worked as a private investigator specialising in Russian politics and business, and is also a children's author. He currently divides his time between London and Connecticut, where his wife teaches literature at Yale. The Last Englishman is his first biography.
