While the actual period scenery and atmosphere of Reilly Ace of Spies are excellent the story is a bit too far fetched. For example the idea that Reilly and his cohorts could float around Moscow laying there dastardly plans against the Bolshies is ridiculous.
Dzerzhinsky was no fool: he and his Cheka were ruthless killers and would have eliminated Reilly without delay. Reilly would have been shot immediately on arrival in Moscow.
The plot is outlandish and could not be more so.
In a famous book - Stalin and His Henchmen - whose author I cannot recall Reilly is described as a common murderer whom Stalin - another common murderer - dispatched without delay.
Dzerzhinsky was no fool: he and his Cheka were ruthless killers and would have eliminated Reilly without delay. Reilly would have been shot immediately on arrival in Moscow.
The plot is outlandish and could not be more so.
In a famous book - Stalin and His Henchmen - whose author I cannot recall Reilly is described as a common murderer whom Stalin - another common murderer - dispatched without delay.