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Book SynopsisNevertheless, the case that developed around the killing of Visconti provides fascinating insights into the diplomatic, cultural, legal, social, and political history of the last third of the eighteenth century.
Trade ReviewLindemann has creatively used the real-life murder of Count Joseph Visconti... to examine 18th-century European life and politics. Library Journal 2006 Full of wonderfully illuminating insights. -- Richard J. Evans London Review of Books 2006 Lindemann has written a rich and rewarding work, one that demonstrates how well she has mastered her craft. -- Mary Lee Townsend American Historical Review 2007 Lindemann has produced an excellent work, one that scholars can ponder and undergraduates can enjoy. -- Jonathan Sperber Central European History 2007 A lively and notably readable study that is both a fascinating, if ultimately unsolvable, detective story and multilayered exploration of later eighteenth-century Europe. -- Hamish Scott Journal of Modern History 2008 Aside from the scholarly value of the work, readers will derive great pleasure from Lindemann's gifts as a raconteur. She visualizes every moment of her narrative in a way that makes Hamburg as attractive and mysterious a mental destination for us as Venice or Istanbul. -- Susan R. Boettcher Sixteenth Century Journal 2008 Microhistory is here at its best when spreading its investigative net to related, yet more remote, thematic layers. -- Karin Friedrich German Studies Review 2009
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
List of Maps and Illustrations
A Note on Names
Prologue
Part I: Events and Entanglements
1. ''Voilà—le spectacle!''
2. A Most Difficult Case
3. A Very Diplomatic Avair
Part II: Dramatis personae Entr'acte
4. A Brave and Upright Cavalier?
5. A Woman of Pleasure
6. A Real Polish Prince, a Fake Italian Count, and an Authentic Spanish Hidalgo
Retrospective
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
