LEADER 02735nam 2200577 450 001 9910821156903321 005 20230725025511.0 010 $a1-282-87610-4 010 $a9786612876103 010 $a1-4411-7896-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000056110 035 $a(EBL)601662 035 $a(OCoLC)676695896 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000421599 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12108732 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421599 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10412568 035 $a(PQKB)11284459 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC601662 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309583 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5309583 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11518551 035 $a(OCoLC)1027206248 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000056110 100 $a20180315h20102010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA king's ransom $ethe life of Charles The?veneau de Morande, blackmailer, scandalmonger & master-spy /$fSimon Burrows 210 1$aLondon, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cContinuum,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8264-1989-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [257]-264) and index. 327 $aContents; Illustrations; Prefatory note; Prologue: Auto da fe?; 1 The Sins of his Youth; 2 The Armour-Plated Gazetteer; 3 A King's Ransom; 4 Figaro's Nemesis; 5 On His Majesty's Secret Service; 6 Poacher Turned Gamekeeper: Morande, Police Spy; 7 The Magician, the Necklace and the Poisonous Pig; 8 The First Revolutionary Journalist; 9 Afterlife: Morande in Fiction, Myth and History; Glossary; Abbreviations; Notes; Sources; Acknowledgements; Index 330 $aIf Charles The?veneau de Morande was a character in a novel, he would be considered the ultimate anti-hero. Morande's historical significance far transcends his success as a blackmailer and scandalous pamphleteer. Having extorted the French monarchy he turned coat and during the War of American Independence and throughout the 1780s was France's leading political spy in London. In addition, he was a highly successful police agent among his fellow exiles and one of the most influential journalists of his time. His enemies or victims - who invariably suffered intense damage to their reputations - 606 $aSpies$zFrance$vBiography 607 $aFrance$xPolitics and government$y18th century 615 0$aSpies 676 $a944.035092 700 $aBurrows$b Simon$f1966-$01720777 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821156903321 996 $aA king's ransom$94119770 997 $aUNINA