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Great conspiracy : Britain's secret war against revolutionary France, 1794-1805
- Title
- Great conspiracy : Britain's secret war against revolutionary France, 1794-1805 / Carlos de la Huerta.
- Author
- De la Huerta, Carlos
- Publication
- Gloucestershire : Amberley Publishing, 2016.
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Details
- Description
- x, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- "From the far-flung battlefields of Europe and Asia to the famous naval encounters on the high seas, the global conflict between Britain and Revolutionary France has long captured the popular imagination. What has been lost to history, however, is that behind the curtain of political show and public perception, a parallel shadow war was being waged to overthrow the French Republic and restore the Bourbons to the throne. Using contemporary letters, journals and secret police reports this book tells the history of Britain's secret war and the remarkable cast of characters who staked their lives in its prosecution. They included the forgotten fathers of British intelligence, William Wickham, Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith and his tragic friend, Commander John Wesley Wright; the republican general turned British agent Charles Pichegru; his former friend, General Victor Moreau; and the infamous chouan leader, Georges Cadoudal."
- Subject
- Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815)
- Revolution (France : 1789-1799)
- 1789-1899
- Secret service > Great Britain
- Espionage, British > France > History > 19th century
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Secret service
- Diplomatic relations
- Espionage, British
- Secret service
- France > History > Secret service. > Revolution, 1789-1799
- France > Foreign relations > 1789-1815
- Great Britain > History > 1789-1820
- France
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-303) and index.
- Contents
- Pichegru's treason -- Recalled -- The Italian torrent -- Prisoners -- Malmesbury mission -- The interrogation -- Betrayed -- Le Comte d'Antraigues' papers -- Banished -- Rogue agent -- A simple plan -- Desert tricks -- Georges -- The Rue Niçaise bomb -- The Amiens interlude -- The insult -- An incident in Calais -- The reconciliation -- Confessions -- The D'Enghien affair -- Midnight murder I -- Midnight murder II -- Epilogue: private investigations.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-1132
- ISBN
- 1445659484
- 9781445659480
- OCLC
- 938399371
- Author
- De la Huerta, Carlos, author.
- Title
- Great conspiracy : Britain's secret war against revolutionary France, 1794-1805 / Carlos de la Huerta.
- Publisher
- Gloucestershire : Amberley Publishing, 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-303) and index.
- Local Note
- AN AP PLUS! BOOK.
- Chronological Term
- 1789-1899
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-1132