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... Paris ; in the attempted assassination of King Joseph I of Portugal ; in the French Revolution and the Battle of Austerlitz , the rise and fall of Napoleon ; in Cuba's war against Spain and the South American secessions ; in secret ...
... insistence , there was no mention of freeing Mary Stuart or of restoring her to the throne of Scotland or even of her name . For years , the issue of Mary Stuart had soured relations between London and Paris.20 Now it ( 34 ) THE ENTITY.
... Paris.20 Now it was time for the political plots and betrayals to play out on new stages , and the same was true for the actions of the pope and his Holy Alliance agents . New situations called for new spies . While negotiating the ...
... Paris ) were in favor of intervention , Cecil's opinion in fa- vor of a wait - and - see policy carried more weight at court . 23 Gaspar de Coligny advised the French king to lead both Protestants and Catholics in a war against Spain as ...
... Paris were under way . Since the first week of August , Charles IX had been maneuvering between two fires . His advisor Coligny continued to urge open war against Philip II . On the other hand , the king was getting opposite pressures ...
Contents
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Times of Action 15871605 | 50 |
New Horizons 16051644 | 65 |
Era of Expansion 16441691 | 81 |
Time of Intrigue 16911721 | 96 |
Some Brief Reigns 17211775 | 110 |
Rise of the Terror 19341940 | 229 |
The End of the ThousandYear Reich 19401945 | 247 |
Odessa and the Vatican Ratline 19461958 | 268 |
New Alliances 19581976 | 285 |
Vatican Inc and Gods Business 19761978 | 302 |
Time of the Assassins 19791982 | 318 |
The Polish Years 19822005 | 335 |
The Years to Come Benedict XVI | 352 |
The Rise and Fall of Eagles 17751823 | 124 |
An Era of Spies 18231878 | 140 |
The League of the Impious 18781914 | 160 |
The Horseman of the Apocalypse 19141917 | 177 |
Intriguing Toward Peace 19171922 | 197 |
Era of the Dictators 19221934 | 211 |
List of Popes Since the Creation of the Holy Alliance | 373 |
Notes | 375 |
Bibliography | 399 |
Archives Consulted | 407 |
Index | 409 |
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