Liaisons Dangereuses: Sex, Law, and Diplomacy in the Age of Frederick the Great

by Mary Lindemann

Book Overview

Liaisons dangereuses examines the local and international repercussions of a notorious episode in eighteenth-century Hamburg. Historian Mary Lindemann recounts the mysterious circumstances surrounding the violent death of a counterfeit Milanese count, Joseph Visconti, at the hands of an erstwhile Prussian lieutenant, the Baron von Kesslitz.

Reconstructing the drama from the perspectives of four principal players--the count, the baron,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801883172
• ISBN13: 9780801883170
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher