Ace of Spies: The True Story of Sidney ReillyAce of Spies reveals for the first time the true story of Sidney Reilly, the real-life inspiration behind fictional hero James Bond. Andrew Cook's startling biography cuts through the myths to tell the full story of the greatest spy the world has ever know. Sidney Reilly influenced world history through acts of extraordinary courage and sheer audacity. He was a master spy, a brilliant con man, a charmer, a cad and a lovable rogue who lived on his wits and thrived on danger, using women shamelessly and killing where necessary - and unnecessary. Sidney Reilly is one of the most fascinating spies of the twentieth century, yet he remains one of the most enigmatic - until now. |
Contents
Code Name | |
The Reilly Plot | |
For Distinguished Service | |
Final Curtain | |
A Change of Bait | |
Prisoner 73 | |
A Lonely Place to | |
Appendices | |
The Colonels Daughter | |
The Honey | |
Confidence | |
Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliography Notes Bibliography | |
List of Illustrations | |
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1920 Reilly Papers According Ace of Spies Adventures of Sidney agent Allied April Army arrived Blohm & Voss Bolsheviks Boris Boyce Britain’s Master Spy British Bureau of Investigation/ONI Cheka Churchill Churchill College claim Company contacts D’Arcy dated death December Denikin diary Edward fact February File Fond Foreign Office French George Hill George Reilly German Hotel Hugh Thomas Ibid investigation January Japanese June later Letter from Sidney London March Margaret Reilly Massino Melville Memorandum Mendrochowitz Michael Kettle Military Intelligence Moscow munitions Nadine Naval Intelligence November Ochrana October Odessa OGPU organisation Papers CX 2616 Paris passport Petrograd Police political Port Arthur records referred Register Reilly Papers CX Reilly’s Richard Deacon Robert Bruce Lockhart Robin Bruce Lockhart Rodkinson roubles Russian Savinkov Secret Service sent September 1918 Sidney Reilly Sigmund Rosenblum Soviet Spears Spence St Petersburg story Street Styrne Telegram told Tsar Voynich Weinstein wife York