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HE’S NO 007, BUT…. PART 2

YESTERDAY, THOMAS JONES’ REVIEW “Lives of Reilly,” London Review of Books, August 10, 2023, introduced us to a fellow known as “Ace of Spies,” not to say more than this. … Continue reading

August 22, 2023 · Leave a comment

HE’S NO 007, BUT…. PART 1

IN HIS BOOK SIDNEY REILLY: MASTER SPY, author Benny Morris recounts, “Ian Fleming once said that ‘James Bond is just a piece of nonsense I dreamed up. He’s not a … Continue reading

August 21, 2023 · 3 Comments