Now in paperback, this examines the little known true story of how, in the summer of 1920, Lenin came close to shattering the Versailles peace settlement and spreading Bolshevism to western Europe. From the author of }1812{. 'The book I have most enjoyed this year...' John Bayley, }TLS The dramatic and little-known story of how, in the summer of 1920, Lenin came within a hair's breadth of shattering the painstakingly constructed Versailles peace settlement and spreading Bolshevism to western Europe.