TY  - BOOK
AU  - Szechi,D.
AU  - Levin,Michael J.
AU  - Marshall,Alan
AU  - Murdoch,Steve
AU  - Preto,Paolo
AU  - Storrs,Christopher
TI  - The dangerous trade: spies, spymasters and the making of Europe 
SN  - 1474472982
AV  - UB271.E85 D36 2022
U1  - 355.3/432094 23/eng/20220823
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Spies
KW  - Europe
KW  - Espionage
KW  - History
KW  - Espions
KW  - Espionnage
KW  - Histoire
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - 18th century
KW  - 18e si�ecle
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Notes on Contributors --; Acknowledgements --; List of Abbreviations --; Introduction: The 'Dangerous Trade' in Early Modern Europe --; 1 Diego Guzm�an de Silva and Sixteenth-century Venice: A Case Study in Structural Intelligence Failure --; 2 Oxenstierna's Spies: Sir James Spens and the Organisation of Covert Operations in Early Seventeenth-century Sweden --; 3 'Woeful Knight': Sir Robert Walsh and the Fragmented World of the Double Agent --; 4 Nathaniel Hooke and the Dynamics of Covert Operations in Eighteenth-century France --; 5 The Fallen Politician's Way Back In: Melchor de Macanaz as Spy and Secret Negotiator --; 6 Giacomo Casanova and the Venetian Inquisitors: A Domestic Espionage System in Action in Eighteenth-century Europe --; Notes --; Index
N2  - 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
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