A real-life James Bond, alleged to have spied for at least four nations and executed on the direct orders of Stalin himself, Sidney Reilly left a trail of false

Reilly, who, despite his name, was Russian, was supposedly shot dead by Bolshevik border guards in October 1925 as he tried to cross the Finnish border into Rus

British spy Sidney Reilly looks at his life and his attempt to overthrow the Bolshevik regime in Russia and restore the Czar.

This “fascinating and long overdue” biography reveals the remarkable life of a Baroness who was one of Britain’s most celebrated spies (Washington Post).