Description: A revealing biography of Sidney Reilly, the early twentieth-century virtuoso of espionage
Review Quotes: "Mr. Morris's dogged research--particularly into the shadowy intrigues that Reilly immersed himself in during the years surrounding World War I, the Russian Revolution and the founding of the Soviet Union--lends impressive rigor to this portrait of an often-cryptic figure."--Diane Cole, Wall Street Journal
"Benny Morris recounts the stranger-than-fiction biography of the famous British spy who lied his way through the turmoil of the early twentieth century and introduces a new generation of readers to a character more compelling than James Bond."--Matti Friedman, author of Spies of No Country "Sidney Reilly adopted and shed identities as easily as he took and dropped wives, lovers, get-rich schemes, and plots. A remarkable book about a remarkable man, this will be the definitive biography of the early twentieth century's preeminent spy."--Gershom Gorenberg, author of War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East