A revealing biography of Sidney Reilly, the early twentieth-century virtuoso of espionage. Sidney Reilly (c. 1873-1925) is one of the most colorful and best-known spies of the twentieth century. Emerging from humble beginnings in southern Russia, Re...

"What is so striking about Morris' work as a historian is that it does not flatter anyone's prejudices, least of all his own", David Remnick remarked in a New Yorker article that coincided with the publication of Benny Morris' "1948: A History of the...