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Liaisons dangereuses
Sex, Law, and Diplomacy in the Age of Frederick the Great
Reconstructing the drama from the perspectives of four principal players—the count, the baron, an Italian/French courtesan, Anna Maria Romellini, and Antoine Ventura de Sanpelayo, the Spanish consul in Hamburg—Lindemann explores the historical currents that swept these individuals together and the effects of their encounter on Hamburg's public, its government, and its diplomatic and economic relationships with European courts and states. Lindemann profiles each person involved in the crime, exploring their lives as unique sets of circumstances while analyzing them as eighteenth-century types.
What actually took place on that fateful night in October 1775? All Hamburg buzzed with rumors, but it is impossible to determine without doubt the motives of those involved, or even to know what really happened. Nevertheless, the case that developed around the killing of Visconti provides fascinating insights into the diplomatic, cultural, legal, social, and political history of the last third of the eighteenth century.
About the Author
Reviews
"Full of wonderfully illuminating insights."—Richard J. Evans, London Review of Books
"Lindemann has written a rich and rewarding work, one that demonstrates how well she has mastered her craft."—Mary Lee Townsend, American Historical Review
"Lindemann has produced an excellent work, one that scholars can ponder and undergraduates can enjoy."—Jonathan Sperber, Central European History
"A lively and notably readable study that is both a fascinating, if ultimately unsolvable, detective story and multilayered exploration of later eighteenth-century Europe."—Hamish Scott, Journal of Modern History
"Aside from the scholarly value of the work, readers will derive great pleasure from Lindemann's gifts as a raconteur. She visualizes every moment of her narrative in a way that makes Hamburg as attractive and mysterious a mental destination for us as Venice or Istanbul."—Susan R. Boettcher, Sixteenth Century Journal
"Microhistory is here at its best when spreading its investigative net to related, yet more remote, thematic layers."—Karin Friedrich, German Studies Review
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Other Titles by Mary Lindemann
Health and Healing in Eighteenth-Century Germany
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Elephant Trails
Ireland's Helping Hand to Europe
Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Volume 50
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Underground Streams
Women in Wartime
Eastward of Good Hope