John Maclean

John Maclean - perhaps the outstanding figure of the British revolutionary left. Appointed as the first Soviet Consul in Britain by the Bolsheviks, elected along with Lenin and Trotsky as honorary president of the Petrograd Soviet and one of the patriarchs of modern Scottish nationalism. A man at the centre of revolutionary politics; yet he remains a figure of uncertainty. His biographies including mention in the film Reds, have tended towards the adulatory. The authors provide a genuine political biography assessing his position and actions against the background of both British and international left wing thought. Copyright © Manchester University Press.