An edition of The devil in the holy water or the art of slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon
(2010)
The devil in the holy water or the art of slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon
by Robert Darnton
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The devil in the holy water or the art of slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon
2010, University of Pennsylvania Press
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0812241835 9780812241839
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Table of Contents
Interlocking libels. The armor-plated gazetteer
The devil in the holy water
The Parisian police unveiled
The secret life of Pierre Manuel
The end of the line
Politics and police work. Slander and politics
The book police at work
A double agent and his authors
Secret missions
Hugger-mugger
Entrapment
The view from Versailles
The devil in the Bastille
Bohemians before Bohemianism
The Grub Street route to revolution
Slander into terror
Words and deeds
Postscript, 1802
The literature of libel : basic ingredients. The nature of libels
Anecdotes
Portraits
News
The literature of libel : private lives. Revolutionary metamorphoses
Sex and politics
Decadence and despotism
Royal depravity
Private lives and public affairs
Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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