William Wickham Master Spy

A biography of William Wickham (1761-1840), Britain's master spy on the Continent for more than five years during the French Revolutionary wars. It follows Wickham's career to narrate the rise and fall of his secret service community. Introduction; Chapter 1 Entering the Maze; Chapter 2 Defending the Constitution, 1792-4; Chapter 3 `Save France, Monsieur, and Immortalize England': The First Great Plan, 1795; Chapter 4 ‘Exaggerated Dimensions and an Unnatural Appearance’: Plotting Regime Change in France, 1796-7; Chapter 5 The Green Great Game, January 1798-June 1799; Chapter 6 ‘Going Full Gallop, with Our Swords Drawn’: Wickham's Second European Mission, 1799-1801; Chapter 7 ‘When Great Men Fall out’: Ireland, 1802-4; Chapter 8 Out in the Cold, 1804-40;