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A Spy Amongst Us : Daniel Defoe's Secret Service and the Plot to End Scottish Independence.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mierowsky, Marc.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (433 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- The true story of Daniel Defoe and the dirty tricks which helped bring Scotland into union with England In 1706, Edinburgh was on the brink of a popular uprising.Men and women took to the streets to protest the planned union with England, fearing the end of Scottish sovereignty.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
- A NOTE ON THE TEXT
- CAST OF CHARACTERS
- Part One ENGLAND
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1 NEWGATE PRISON
- CHAPTER 2 THE SOUTH
- EXCURSUS
- CHAPTER 3 THE EASTERN COUNTIES
- CHAPTER 4 DARIEN
- CHAPTER 5 THE NETWORK
- Part Two SCOTLAND
- CHAPTER 6 EDINBURGH
- CHAPTER 7 GLASGOW & HAMILTON PALACE
- CHAPTER 8 FURTHER WEST AND INTO THE HIGHLANDS
- CHAPTER 9 THE ACT OF UNION
- Part Three THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN
- CHAPTER 10 UNSETTLED NATIONS
- CHAPTER 11 TWO ELECTIONS
- AFTERWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- NOTES
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-300-28365-2
- 9780300283655
- OCLC:
- 1573147132
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