Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Notes on Contributors xi
5. Acknowledgements xiii
6. List of Abbreviations xv
7. Introduction: The ‘Dangerous Trade’ in Early Modern Europe 1
8. 1 Diego Guzmán de Silva and Sixteenth-century Venice: A Case Study in Structural Intelligence Failure 22
9. 2 Oxenstierna’s Spies: Sir James Spens and the Organisation of Covert Operations in Early Seventeenth-century Sweden 45
10. 3 ‘Woeful Knight’: Sir Robert Walsh and the Fragmented World of the Double Agent 66
11. 4 Nathaniel Hooke and the Dynamics of Covert Operations in Eighteenth-century France 93
12. 5 The Fallen Politician’s Way Back In: Melchor de Macanaz as Spy and Secret Negotiator 115
13. 6 Giacomo Casanova and the Venetian Inquisitors: A Domestic Espionage System in Action in Eighteenth-century Europe 139
14. Notes 157
15. Index 192