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Secret Service Under Pitt

William J. Fitz-Patrick

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 428 pages

A historical study by William J. Fitz-Patrick on the secret service under William Pitt. The book examines political intrigue, surveillance, and intelligence work of the period. It is worth listening to for insight into the less visible machinery of government and political life.

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Contents

  1. SECRET SERVICE UNDER PITT
  2. PREFACE
  3. CONTENTS
  4. CHAPTER I A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR
  5. CHAPTER II ARRESTS MULTIPLY
  6. CHAPTER III FATHER O'COIGLY HANGED
  7. CHAPTER IV THE BETRAYER'S INTERVIEW WITH TALLEYRAND
  8. CHAPTER V LORD CLONCURRY SHADOWED
  9. CHAPTER VI THE MASK TORN OFF AT LAST
  10. CHAPTER VII DR. MACNEVIN'S MEMORIAL INTERCEPTED
  11. CHAPTER VIII GENERAL NAPPER TANDY
  12. CHAPTER IX ARREST OF JÄGERHORN IN LONDON—THE PLOT THICKENS—TURNER SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD
  13. CHAPTER X EFFORTS TO EXCITE MUTINY IN THE ENGLISH FLEET
  14. CHAPTER XI THE BETRAYER OF LORD EDWARD FITZGERALD[284]
  15. CHAPTER XII WILLIAM TODD JONES. EMMET'S REBELLION
  16. CHAPTER XIII THOMAS COLLINS. PHILLIPS THE SACERDOTAL SPY
  17. CHAPTER XIV LEONARD MCNALLY
  18. CHAPTER XV FATHER ARTHUR O'LEARY
  19. CHAPTER XVI ARTHUR O'LEARY IN LONDON
  20. CHAPTER XVII THE REGENCY—STRUGGLE BETWEEN WHIG AND TORY CAMPS—O'LEARY AND THE PRINCE OF WALES
  21. CHAPTER XVIII BISHOP HUSSEY
  22. CHAPTER XIX PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERS DEEP IN TREASON—PLOT AND COUNTER-PLOT
  23. CHAPTER XX THOMAS REYNOLDS: SPY, AND BRITISH CONSUL
  24. CHAPTER XXI ARMSTRONG AND THE SHEARESES—GENERAL LAWLESS
  25. APPENDIX
  26. INDEX
  27. TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
  28. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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