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Zusatztext After reading the biography, one could argue that if Morande had not existed, he wouldhave been a very unlikely creation in fiction, but Simon Burrows has produced a readablework on him that it is doubtful it will need a new biographical revision for some timeto come. Informationen zum Autor Simon Burrows is a leading scholar of European print culture and French political life in the period 1760-1815. In the course of a rich career, he has worked at the Universities of Waikato (New Zealand), Leeds (UK) and is currently Professor of History at Western Sydney University, Australia. He has published six books as author or co-editor and over 20 articles and chapters in well-received themed collections. He is the principal investigator of the highly acclaimed French Book Trade in Enlightenment Europe database project, which was founded at the University of Leeds, funded by a research grant from the British Arts and Humanities Research Council between 2007 and 2011, and is now housed at UWS. Vorwort The first biography of one of the most important figures of pre-Revolutionary France. Zusammenfassung If Charles Theveneau de Morande was a character in a novel, he would be considered the ultimate anti-hero. Morande's life story is a tale of intrigue, blackmail, espionage, duels, kidnap, murder, politics, conspiracy and crime. At the same time, it offers a chance to examine some of the most important issues of French history and revolution. Inhaltsverzeichnis IllustrationsPrefatory notePrologue: Auto da fé 1: The Sins of his Youth2: The Armour-Plated Gazeteer3: A King's Ransom4: Figaro's Nemesis5: On His Majesty's Secret Service6: Poacher Turned Gamekeeper: Morande, Police Spy7: The Magician, the Necklace and the Poisonous Pig8: The First Revolutionary Journalist9: Afterlife. Morande in Fiction, Myth and HistoryGlossaryAbbreviationsEndnotesBibliographyAcknowledgementsIndex
