Thank you! I don't click on links that are not familiar to me. I have been doing a bit of reading about that time, and also Reilly. He is a fascinating person, although I think a bit of a cad who has been romanticized. There is no doubt he played a role in the quite dramatic events (history-shaping events!) of that time. It's not so much what he did,or who he was, but the way he was used by powers of the day to achieve their ends that I find interesting. The events of those years are like stepping stones to the present--especially when it comes to Europe's relationship with Russia.