Sidney Reilly: Master Spy Morris Benny
Sidney Reilly: Master Spy Morris Benny A revealing biography of Sidney Reilly, the early twentieth-century virtuoso of espionageSidney Reilly (c. Emerging from humble beginnings in southern Russia,…
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Sidney Reilly: Master Spy Morris Benny
A revealing biography of Sidney Reilly, the early twentieth-century virtuoso of espionageSidney Reilly (c. Emerging from humble beginnings in southern Russia, Reilly was an inventive multilingual businessman and conman who enjoyed espionage as a sideline. 1873-1925) is one of the most colorful and best-known spies of the twentieth century.
He spent World War I in the United States, brokering major arms deals for tsarist Russia, and then decided to become a professional spy, joining the ranks of MI6, Britain's foreign intelligence service. By the early twentieth century he was working as an agent for Scotland Yard, spying on migr communities in Paris and London, with occasional sorties to Germany, Russia, and the Far East. He came close to overthrowing the Bolshevik regime in Moscow before eventually being lured back to Russia and executed.
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1948 - Benny Morris