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Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm.
Description
"Sidney Reilly (c. 1873–1925) is one of the most colorful and best-known spies of the twentieth century. Emerging from humble beginnings in southern Russia, Reilly was an inventive multilingual businessman and conman who enjoyed espionage as a sideline. By the early twentieth century he was working as an agent for Scotland Yard, spying on émigré communities in Paris and London, with occasional sorties to Germany, Russia, and the Far East. He spent...
Author
Publisher
Cune Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
271 pages
Description
"Audacious, brilliant, chameleon. All these words could be used to describe the man that became Britain's greatest spy, a man known by several names and who came from many places, depending on who was asking and when. Was he from Poland? Or was he the sonof an Irish clergyman? Many believe he was born in Odessa, Ukraine, a place hot in today's headlines. He certainly had the ability to be convincing to anyone he met, including the head of Britain's...
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 628 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
At the turn of the 20th century, one remarkable man single-handedly tried to alter the course of history. Sidney Reilly was a Russian-born British agent who radically transformed modern espionage techniques and set the mold for the super spy. From one heart-pulsing mission after another, from stealing top-secret Russian oil information to a near overthrow of the Bolshevik Revolution to his final capture by Stalin's forces in 1918, Reilly's exploits...
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