-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.sidneyreilly.info/ Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.sidneyreilly.info/pages/home.htm";>Sidney Reilly: Home</A> ----- TRUST NO ONE The Secret World of Sidney Reilly by Richard Spence Hardcover: 543 pages, ISBN 0-992915-79-2 $29.95To OrderWho was Sidney Reilly?... Was he the "Ace of Spies," Britain's greatest secret agent and the model for James Bond? Or was he an unsung hero of Soviet espionage who helped the Kremlin infiltrate Western intelligence and institutions? What was his relationship with such figures as Rasputin, Trotsky, Churchill and Aleister Crowley? And just how many wives did he have?
Professor Richard Spence's definitive biography of this enigmatic figure, the first by a professional historian, unravels the secrets and corrects decades of myth and disinformation. Based on documents from the long-sequestered files of Britain's MI5, MI6 and the Soviet KGB, Trust No One also draws on documentary evidence from American and other intelligence files and a broad array of public and private sources. As a master of deception, perhaps the biggest clue Reilly ever revealed about himself was a motto that appeared on one of his letterheads, Mundo Nulla Fides , roughly, "Trust No One." Reilly's secret world is essential to our understanding of modern espionage as well as the hidden history of modern war and revolution and their profiteers. home | the man | author | contents | links ===== The Man Who Knew Everything..." "The Man Who Never Made a Mistake"... "An International Crook of the Highest Order..."The man best known as Sidney George Reilly-although he used many names-spent his life in the shadows of international intrigue and counted among his legion of allies, accomplices and victims the likes of Winston Churchill, the mysterious Basil Zaharoff and Boris Savinkov. Usually portrayed as a master spy, Reilly's real exploits exceeded anything credited to Fleming's fictional Bond. The son of a Polish Jewish family in Imperial Russia, he early embarked on an amazing, daring and often bewildering career which led him to assume the personas of an Anglo-Irish gentleman, an international arms-merchant and a Bolshevik commissar among many others. He was a slightly different person to every man who knew him and every woman who loved him. But Reilly was as much a cunning master criminal as secret agent, amassing a fortune by the ruthless bartering of influence and information. He was used and feared by capitalists and commissars alike. Was he a dedicated anti-communist, the Soviet's first "mole," or simply a bold and unscrupulous con man? Even his end presents an enigma. Did the Bolsheviks, as they later claimed, entrap and execute him in 1925 or did he cheat that fate and live and conspire for many years to come? ===== Dr. Richard Spence is professor of History at the University of Idaho with special interests in modern Russian history and intelligence. He is the author of a 1991 biography of Reilly's partner in intrigue, Boris Savinkov: Renegade on the Left and numerous articles, including the espionage exploits of Aleister Crowley, Kurt Jahnke, Xenophon Kalamatiano, and Sergius Riis. His work has appeared in The Historian, Intelligence and National Security, International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence and Revolutionary Russia. He lives in Moscow, Idaho. ===== ntroduction Acknowledgements Map: European Russia, 1918 Part One: Learning the Craft Chapter I: Beginnings Chapter II: A Spy's Progress Chapter III: Eastern Horizons Chapter IV: The Counterfeit Englishman Chapter V: The Man Who Knew Everything Part Two: Master Spy Chapter VI: War on the Manhattan Front Chapter VII: An International Crook of the Highest Order Chapter VIII: The Russian Question Chapter IX: Plots and Counter Plots Chapter X: Feast of Ashes Chapter XI: On His Majesty's Secret Service Chapter XII: Knight Errant Part Three: Mystery Man Chapter XIII: Odd Man Out Chapter XIV: Never Say Never Chapter XV: The Red Letters Chapter XVI: The Spy Who Went into the Cold Chapter XVII: Wanted Dead or Alive Chapter XVIII: Legends Bibliography----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
