This is the first new edition in 30 years, with an introduction by Dugald Bruce Lockhart, great-nephew of the original author and author of The Lizard.īuy Reilly Ace of Spies by Robin Bruce-Lockhart from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, BooksDirect. Originally published in 1967, Reilly Ace of Spies became a BAFTA winning, and Golden Globe nominated, classic TV series in the early 80s starring Sam Neil. The details of his death in the mid 1920s remain opaque, with sightings being claimed well into World War Two. In 1917 he infiltrated the German General Staff and a year later was involved in the near overthrow of the Bolsheviks. Includes many letters by Baroness Moura Budberg, some letters by British espionage agent Sidney Reilly, some papers of Lockharts son, Robin Bruce Lockhart. To his employers, the British Secret Service, his background was a mystery, yet his immense charisma took him into the epicentre of the British establishment. A towering figure in the history of British espionage and one of Fleming's models for James Bond, Sidney Reilly was born in Russia in 1873.
He spoke seven languages and was rumoured to possess eleven passports and a wife to go with each.
A master spy, a brilliant con man, a charmer, and a lovable rogue who lived on his wits and thrived on danger, killing where necessary - and unnecessary. Description - Reilly Ace of Spies by Robin Bruce-Lockhart This is the true story of Sidney Reilly one of the most fascinating spies of the twentieth century, yet one of the most enigmatic.
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