The book covers Reilly's life & career, then moves along to examine different conclusions as to whether Reilly actually died in 1925 (when he'd gone back to Russia) or whether he remained a prisoner, escaped, or whatever. There are stories from others about Reilly here as well, and Robin Bruce Lockhart, the author, had actually met the enigmatic Reilly as a child. He knew Sidney Reilly, the subject of this book, and passed along several stories to his son, who compiled them in this book. Robin Bruce Lockhart is the son of Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart, and was acting General Consul in Moscow in 1917 (and also served as a secret agent) when the Bolsheviks overthrew the government in Russia then later arrested by the secret police there for purportedly being involved with a plot to assassinate Lenin. The Russians want to rebuild the navy which was destroyed by the Japs in 1904

In 1908 at Masjid-i-Suleiman, south-west Persia, a large oil reservoir was discovered by a small team of drillers working for William Knox D'Arcy.ġ910 - Episode 05 - Dreadnoughts and Crosses William Knox D'Arcy: (11 October 1849 – ) was one of the principal founders of the oil and petrochemical industry in Persia (Iran). Of interest in this third episode: Basil Zaharoff Atop the wall is Russian Captain Lebedief, who killed many Japanese. Japanese soldiers form a human pyramid to assault a Port Arthur fort. Bruce Lockhart was one of Reilly's fellow spies.Įpisode 01 - 1901 - An Affair with a Married Woman The mini series is written by Troy Kennedy Martin, and based on the 1967 book Ace of Spies by Robin Bruce Lockhart, whose father R.

His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage. Among his exploits, in the early 20th century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. Wiki description: Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the British.

Reilly by Robin Bruce Lockhart