![]() ![]() The story he gave about himself suggested that he was educated in St. By another account, he was the product of a liaison between his Catholic mother and a Jewish physician. By his own popularly accepted account, he was the son of an Irish merchant sea captain and a Russian mother. This book remains a very good one which certainly wets the appetite to read more about Reilly. There the mystery surrounding Reilly’s death may have been cleared up. It’s a pity that a new version has not been released, one written post-Soviet Union and where the GPU and KGB files were available. This is a pity as his “greatest mission” – as claimed by the book – is his failed mission to overthrow the Bolshelviks in 1918. Nevertheless, some of Reilly’s greatest missions are skipped over because they could not be confirmed (such as his work behind German lines in WWI). This is a good book for those wanting factual information on Reilly and the author has restricted himself to telling only anecdotes which can be backed up by facts. His father, Bruce Lockhart, was intimately involved in some of the major missions carried out by Reilly. The author, Lockhart who claims to have met the great English spy as a child. ![]() ![]() This is really the best book on Sidney Reilly. Espionage, British–Soviet Union–History–20th century.Secret service–Great Britain–History–20th century. ![]()
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