Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Suspecting Secrecy
6. Chapter one. Piercing the Impenetrable Darkness 23
7. Chapter two. Cracking the Secret du Roi 57
8. Part II. Performing Publicity
9. Chapter three. Behind the Veil of Secrecy 75
10. Chapter four. Building a House of Glass 104
11. Chapter five. Mere Spectators of Events 136
12. Chapter six. Politics Behind the Curtain 167
13. Part III. Spectatorship
14. Chapter seven. Surrounded by Spectators 205
15. Chapter eight. The Disastrous Effects of Publicity 237
16. Epilogue: Democracy Dies in Darkness? 267
17. Notes 279
18. Index 369