A Very Dangerous Woman

'Riveting biography...of [Moura Budberg's] remarkable life...Dangerous woman, indeed'. * Independent on Sunday *
'An extraordinarily complex story based on a fabulous cache of rich material... the end result really is an example of truth being stranger than fiction' * Good Book Guide *
'Hard to go wrong with Moura's combustible life, and the authors relish her excesses'. * Independent *
'McDonald and Dronfield's summaries of events during the revolutionary period make a coherent narrative from a bafflingly complex series of events' * The Guardian *
'A rollicking good read' * Country Life *
'A thrilling new biography of baroness and double agent Moura Budberg.... Brave and multi-faceted, a mosaic monument to a mistress of deceit.' * Russia Beyond the Headlines *
'The tale of Baroness Moura Budberg is a splendid one... entertaining and well-researched.' -- Dr. Mark Galeotti, Clinical Professor of Global Affairs, New York University
'There is an echo of foxy, seductive Scarlett O'Hara about Moura Budberg' * Herald *
'This book could read like a thriller, yet the thorough research here provides a weightier feast... impressive... alive... a well-researched and well-ordered biography' * Spectator *
'Conjures up a vivid and alluring version of old Russia' * Mail on Sunday *
'An astoundingly unbelievable life well retold in this gripping new biography. Well-written too. The book's account of the Lockhart Affair is particularly fascinating, recreating the paranoid, anti-Western world that was Soviet Russia in the late 19-teens and early 1920s.' * Russian Life *
'[The authors] have done a sterling job of piecing together the pieces of this mysterious, peripatetic life... they are very clear about the limits of what can and cannot be known from the extant evidence' * Daily Telegraph *
'A fast-paced story of European intrigue, featuring an enigmatic, strong-willed woman [whose] survival story is fascinating.' * Publishers Weekly *
'The authors draw on diaries, correspondence, and newly released files to create a powerful study that attracts sympathy toward their subject. It also produces a great snapshot of life in Russia during the collapse of the czarist regime through the early part of the Joseph Stalin era.' * Library Journal *