Research Catalog

Title

Trust no one : the secret world of Sidney Reilly / Richard Spence.

Author

Spence, Richard B., 1951-

Publication

Los Angeles, Calif. : Feral House, c2002.

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Details

Description

xvi, 527 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.

Summary

Historian Richard Spence draws on photos, illustrations, and uncovered records from British, Russian, and American intelligence sources to create a powerful portrait of a man who was feared by friend and enemy alike. The dramatic true-life tale of this 20th-century master spy and consummate criminal was the subject of the acclaimed PBS series "Reilly: Ace of Spies" starring Sam Neill. 16 photos.

Alternative Title

Secret world of Sidney Reilly

Subjects

• Biographies
• History
• Reilly, Sidney, 1874-1925
• Soviet Union > History > Revolution, 1917-1921 > Secret service
• Secret service > Soviet Union > History
• Espionage, British > Soviet Union > History > 20th century
• Secret service > Great Britain > History > 20th century
• Spies > Soviet Union > Biography
• Spies > Great Britain > Biography
• Reilly, Sidney George, 1874-1925

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Map: European Russia, 1918 -- Learning the Craft -- A Spy's Progress -- Eastern Horizons -- The Counterfeit Englishman -- The Man Who Knew Everything -- Master Spy -- War on the Manhattan Front -- An International Crook of the Highest Order -- The Russian Question -- Plots and Counter Plots -- Feast of Ashes -- On His Majesty's Secret Service -- Knight Errant -- Mystery Man -- Odd Man Out -- Never Say Never -- The Red Letters -- The Spy Who Went into the Cold -- Wanted Dead or Alive -- Legends.

ISBN

0922915792

OCLC

• 51111112
• SCSB-10508268

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library