R.H. Bruce Lockhart
Born
in Anstruther, Fife, Scotland
September 02, 1887
Died
January 27, 1970
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Memoirs of a British Agent: Being an Account of the Author's Early Life in Many Lands and His Official Mission to Moscow in 1918
41 editions
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1932
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Scotch: The Whisky of Scotland in Fact and Story
15 editions
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published
1959
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The Diaries Of Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart. Volume One: 1915-1938
5 editions
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published
1973
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Retreat from Glory
16 editions
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published
1984
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The Diaries of Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart : Volume Two : 1939-1965
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1981
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The Two Revolutions: An Eye-witness Account of Russia, 1917
2 editions
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published
1967
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Oxford Past Times
2 editions
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published
2012
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Guns or Butter
7 editions
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published
1938
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My Europe
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My Scottish Youth
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“One whisky is all right, two is too much, and three is too few.”
― Scotch: The Whisky of Scotland in Fact and Story
― Scotch: The Whisky of Scotland in Fact and Story
“This is the ordinary Scottish recipe for toddy; an alternative interpretation is that of my old Russian friend, the late M Baleiev, who founded the famouse Chauve-Souris cabaret show in Moscow and, after the Russian revolution, brought it to London and New York. Here is his version: 'First you put in whisky to make it strong; then you add water to make it weak; next you put in lemon to make it sour, then you put in sugar to make it sweet. You put in more whisky to kill the water. Then you say "Here's to you" - and you drink it yourself.”
― Scotch: The Whisky of Scotland in Fact and Story
― Scotch: The Whisky of Scotland in Fact and Story
“Toddy, excellent both as a cure for cold and as an elixir of life, requires careful preparation. The ingredients are sugar, boiling water and preferably a well-matured malt whisky. First, you heat the tumbler with warm water and, when the glass has reached a comfortable temperature, you pour out the water. Then into the empty glass you put two or three squares of loaf-sugar and add enough boiling water - a wine glass should suffice - to dissolve the sugar. Then add a wineglass of whisky and stir with a silver spoon; then another wineglass of boiling water, and finally to crown this liquid edifice top it with another wineglass of whisky. Stir again and drink the contents with slow and loving care. As a cure for cold, take your toddy to bed, put one bowler hat at the foot, and drink until you see two.”
― Scotch: The Whisky of Scotland in Fact and Story
― Scotch: The Whisky of Scotland in Fact and Story