The dangerous trade : spies, spymasters and the making of Europe / edited by Daniel Szechi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szechi, D. (Daniel), Author.

Contributor:

Szechi, D. (Daniel)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Espionage--Europe.

Espionage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Place of Publication:

Dundee : Dundee University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is about the secret history of Europe. Drawing on the latest research by experts in the field, it opens up the hidden world of the Dangerous Trade: the spying and secret operations that made and broke European nations between 1500 and 1800. Espionage, blackmail and bribery were the Trade's regular tools; assassination, provoking civil war and black propaganda were the ones used for 'special' occasions. But who were the practitioners of these dark arts? How were they recruited? What did they achieve? By exploring the lives of spies and secret agents such as Giacomo Casanova, Nathaniel Hooke, Melchor de Macanaz and many more, the book reveals the unknown story that underlies the making of modern Europe.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Diego Guzmán de Silva and Sixteenth-century Venice""; ""Oxenstierna�s Spies""; ""�Woeful Knight�""; ""Nathaniel Hooke and the Dynamics of Covert Operations in Eighteenth-century France""; ""The Fallen Politician�s Way Back In""; ""Giacomo Casanova and the Venetian Inquisitors""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781845861551

1845861558

9781474472982

1474472982

9781845862190

1845862198

OCLC:

922971726