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- catalog abstract ""Espionage is taken for granted today as the unacceptable but unavoidable veiled activity of modern statecraft. But how and why did it all begin? Elizabeth Sparrow's 'secret history' takes as its starting point the period immediately following the French revolution: a turbulent time, both on the Continent and in Britain, as the established order came under threat of imminent social upheaval."--Jacket. "To this point can be traced the true story of the Scarlet Pimpernel, and the origins of a British secret service (ultimately the MI5 and MI6 of the twentieth century), as Pitt's administration, advised by Louis XVI's ex-ministers, reacted to the threat of a French-style revolution in Britain by instituting police surveillance to counteract immigration and sedition. A foreign secret service followed, to infiltrate the French revolutionary government's actions; at the same time, British-paid police in Paris helped potential victims to escape."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11445284.
- catalog coverage "France Foreign relations 1789-1815.".
- catalog coverage "France Foreign relations Great Britain.".
- catalog coverage "France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Secret service.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Foreign relations France.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Espionage is taken for granted today as the unacceptable but unavoidable veiled activity of modern statecraft. But how and why did it all begin? Elizabeth Sparrow's 'secret history' takes as its starting point the period immediately following the French revolution: a turbulent time, both on the Continent and in Britain, as the established order came under threat of imminent social upheaval."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""To this point can be traced the true story of the Scarlet Pimpernel, and the origins of a British secret service (ultimately the MI5 and MI6 of the twentieth century), as Pitt's administration, advised by Louis XVI's ex-ministers, reacted to the threat of a French-style revolution in Britain by instituting police surveillance to counteract immigration and sedition. A foreign secret service followed, to infiltrate the French revolutionary government's actions; at the same time, British-paid police in Paris helped potential victims to escape."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "pt. I. Counter-Revolution, London 1792-1794. 1. Initiation. 2. The Police and the Alien Office -- pt. II. For the King, without the King 1793-1797. 3. The Swiss Agency. 4. The Paris Agency. 5. General des Honnetes Gens. 6. The Archi Pirates. 7. The Paris Prisons. 8. Betrayal -- pt. III. Escapes and Assassinations 1797-1801. 9. Sequel. 10. Swabia and Switzerland. 11. The Scarlet Pimpernel. 12. Bonaparte. 13. Assassination of Paul I -- pt. IV. King Versus Emperor. 14. The Peace of Amiens. 15. The Grand Conspiracy -- pt. V. Europe Reorganized 1805-1815. 16. Past Times and Future Plans. 17. European Emperors. 18. A New Direction. 19. The New Europeans. 20. The King Makers.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 459 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0851157645 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Rochester, NY : Boydell Press,".
- catalog spatial "France Foreign relations 1789-1815.".
- catalog spatial "France Foreign relations Great Britain.".
- catalog spatial "France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Secret service.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Foreign relations France.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "327.12/41044/09033 21".
- catalog subject "DC157 .S66 1999".
- catalog subject "Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Secret service.".
- catalog subject "Secret service Great Britain.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Counter-Revolution, London 1792-1794. 1. Initiation. 2. The Police and the Alien Office -- pt. II. For the King, without the King 1793-1797. 3. The Swiss Agency. 4. The Paris Agency. 5. General des Honnetes Gens. 6. The Archi Pirates. 7. The Paris Prisons. 8. Betrayal -- pt. III. Escapes and Assassinations 1797-1801. 9. Sequel. 10. Swabia and Switzerland. 11. The Scarlet Pimpernel. 12. Bonaparte. 13. Assassination of Paul I -- pt. IV. King Versus Emperor. 14. The Peace of Amiens. 15. The Grand Conspiracy -- pt. V. Europe Reorganized 1805-1815. 16. Past Times and Future Plans. 17. European Emperors. 18. A New Direction. 19. The New Europeans. 20. The King Makers.".
- catalog title "Secret service : British agents in France, 1792-1815 / Elizabeth Sparrow.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".