This Dark Business: The Secret War against Napoleon [1 ed.] 9781408708644
[front flyleaf:] "Between two attempts in 1800 and 1804 to assassinate Napoleon Bonaparte, the British government l
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Table of contents :
This Dark Business - Front Dustwrapper
Front Flyleaf
Rear Flyleaf
Half-title
Also by Tim Clayton
Title Page
Printer's Imprint
Dedication / In Memoriam
Contents
Maps (list)
[Map of Northern Europe (2pp.)]
Cast of Characters
3 *nivôse*, year ix
1. Fair is Foul, and Foul is Fair
2. Responding to Cataclysm
3. *Bellum Internecinum*
4. The Modern Alexander
5. The English Conspiracy
6. The Infernal Machine
7. The Character of Bonaparte
8. The Peace and the Press
[photoplates facing p.134]
9. Rousing the Nation
10. Grand Conspiracy
[Map of Northern France]
11. Reactivating the Spies
12. Atrocities of the Corsican Demon
13. Landing the Assassins
14. Méhée de la Touche
15. Paris in Panic
[photoplates facing p.262]
[Map of Strasbourg]
16. Worse than a Crime
17. The Eagle Does Not Catch Flies
18. Trials and Executions
19. The Emperor Napoleon
20. Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Notes
3 *nivôse*, year ix
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Select Bibliography
Index
Rear Dustwrapper
This Dark Business - Front Dustwrapper
Front Flyleaf
Rear Flyleaf
Half-title
Also by Tim Clayton
Title Page
Printer's Imprint
Dedication / In Memoriam
Contents
Maps (list)
[Map of Northern Europe (2pp.)]
Cast of Characters
3 *nivôse*, year ix
1. Fair is Foul, and Foul is Fair
2. Responding to Cataclysm
3. *Bellum Internecinum*
4. The Modern Alexander
5. The English Conspiracy
6. The Infernal Machine
7. The Character of Bonaparte
8. The Peace and the Press
[photoplates facing p.134]
9. Rousing the Nation
10. Grand Conspiracy
[Map of Northern France]
11. Reactivating the Spies
12. Atrocities of the Corsican Demon
13. Landing the Assassins
14. Méhée de la Touche
15. Paris in Panic
[photoplates facing p.262]
[Map of Strasbourg]
16. Worse than a Crime
17. The Eagle Does Not Catch Flies
18. Trials and Executions
19. The Emperor Napoleon
20. Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Notes
3 *nivôse*, year ix
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Select Bibliography
Index
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