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Arrest. Before the October Revolution, Moura worked in the Russian embassy in Berlin, where she became acquainted with British diplomat R. H. Bruce Lockhart. Upon the assassination of her husband in 1919, she was arrested on suspicion of spying for the United Kingdom and was transferred to the Lubyanka prison.
Feb 4, 2016 · Grippingly narrated, this is the first biography of Moura Budberg to use the full range of previously unexamined letters, diaries and documents. An incredible true story of passion, espionage and double crossing that encircled the globe, A Very Dangerous Woman brings her extraordinary world vividly to life with dramatic resonances to ...
Russian-born translator, motion-picture consultant, literary personality, and lover of Maxim Gorky and H.G. Wells. Name variations: Moura von Benckendorff; Baroness Marie Budberg.
May 15, 2015 · A thrilling new biography of baroness and double agent Moura Budberg entitled “A Very Dangerous Woman” centers on a Russo-British romance. From the moment he is introduced into Moura...
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Maria Ignatievna von Budberg-Bönninghausen, also known as Countess von Benckendorff and Baroness von Budberg, was a Russian adventuress and suspected double agent of the Soviet Union secret police (OGPU) and the British Intelligence Service.
Grippingly narrated, this is the first biography of Moura Budberg to use the full range of previously unexamined letters, diaries and documents. An incredible true story of passion, espionage and...
