Stalin's singing spy
Subtitle: the life and exile of Nadezhda Plevitskaya
By: Pamela A. Jordan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9781442247734
Subjects: Trials (Kidnapping); Trials, litigation; Kidnapping, 1937; Spies; Women singers; Women spies; Biography; History
Description: "Stalin's Singing Spy follows the life of Nadezhda Plevitskaya, who achieved fame as one of Nicholas II's favorite singers and infamy as one of Stalin's agents. The first Western biography and the first to reconstruct her sensationalized trial for kidnapping a White Army general, this book provides a fascinating window into Soviet-era espionage"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Dezhka's journey; title: Years of fame and fortune; title: Revolution and war; title: Early years in exile; title: 1930; title: Double life; title: The kidnapping of General Miller; title: Skoblin's exit; title: Caged nightingale; title: The investigation; title: "La Plevitzkaia" on trial; title: The verdict; title: Appeal; title: Death of a nightingale; title: Epilogue.