02905nam 2200577 a 450 991077951470332120200520144314.01-84586-155-81-4744-7298-21-84586-219-810.1515/9781474472982(CKB)2550000001040850(EBL)3055078(OCoLC)922971726(SSID)ssj0001101056(PQKBManifestationID)11600754(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001101056(PQKBWorkID)11067171(PQKB)10460582(Au-PeEL)EBL3055078(CaPaEBR)ebr10655459(DE-B1597)615389(DE-B1597)9781474472982(MiAaPQ)EBC3055078(OCoLC)1322124495(EXLCZ)99255000000104085020130228d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe dangerous trade[electronic resource] spies, spymasters and the making of Europe /edited by Daniel SzechiDundee Dundee University Press20101 online resource (215 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84586-060-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""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.EspionageEuropeEspionageSzechi Daniel, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut252707Szechi D(Daniel)252707MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779514703321The dangerous trade3846098UNINA