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Sidney George Reilly MC (/ ˈ r aɪ l i /; c. 1873 – 5 November 1925), known as the "Ace of Spies", was a Russian-born adventurer and secret agent employed by Scotland Yard's Special Branch and later by the Foreign Section of the British Secret Service Bureau, the precursor to the modern British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6/SIS).
May 2, 2024 · Sidney Reilly (born March 24, 1874, Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died Nov. 25, 1925, Moscow?) was a spy who obtained Persian oil concessions and German naval secrets for Britain. Many of the romanticized stories about him may have been inventions of his own.
Oct 20, 2021 · Sidney Reilly was a legend of early British intelligence and the model for James Bond — and as much a mystery to his allies as to his enemies.
Dec 17, 2017 · A man of many talents, Sidney Reilly, was perhaps the first well-known spy figure of the 20th century whose incredible exploits were always on the borderline of truth or fiction. The real story of his origins is unknown and was inflated by misinformation during his lifetime.
Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 British television programme dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian-born adventurer who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the United Kingdom and the British Empire.
Apr 3, 2023 · Join International Spy Museum Historian and Curator Dr. Andrew Hammond in conversation with historian Benny Morris, author of Sidney Reilly: Master Spy, about one of the most colorful and best...
The true story of Sidney Reilly, the legendary super-spy who inspired James Bond.
And let me add, he's much better looking than the real master spy Sidney Reilly. This miniseries covers Reilly'a antics in the early part of the century, and the stuff that made him the model for Ian Fleming's James Bond.
Aug 26, 2011 · Ace of Spies reveals for the first time the true story of Sidney Reilly, the real-life inspiration behind fictional hero James Bond. Andrew Cook's startling biography cuts...
Sidney George Reilly, known as the "Ace of Spies", was a Russian-born adventurer and secret agent employed by Scotland Yard's Special Branch and later by the Foreign Section of the British Secret Service Bureau, the precursor to the modern British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6/SIS).
