Pistols! Treason! Murder!: The Rise and Fall of a Master Spy (Paperback)

1. Between the Columns-sets the scene
2. Why Vano Matters-identifies the man responsible for a famous miscarriage of justice
3. Dissection / Resurrection-compares historians with pathologists and mediums
4. The Hero-provides more information on our protagonist
5. Idiolect-celebrates Vano's peculiar writing style
6. Odd One Out- -comments on Vandos use of repetitive motifs SCaffe Rosso, 7.00 p.m. -dialogue: Why were the Venetians afraid of the Spanish?
8. The File-describes our major source, Vano's spy reports
9. The Inquisitors of State-introduces Vano's employers
10. Diplomacy-contains basic information on seventeenth-century embassies and diplomats
11. Honour Among Spies-two men die to advance Vano's career
12. Da Baffo, 8.45 p.m.-dialogue: What could you buy with a ducat, and how much did spies earn?
13. Rvals?compares Vano's career with that of other spies active in seven teenth-century Venice
14. Alchernmy-Vano turns lead into gold
15. Winks and Blinks -discusses the relationship between signal and noise in spy reports
16. Special Delivery-analyses the subtexts of two spy reports
17. Fiddlei's Elbow Irish Pub, 11.00 p.m.-dialogue: Were ordinary people aware of spies?
18. Running Alternatives-explores the hidden connections between an attempted assassination and a convoluted conversation
19. Trace-suggests that walking and reading are related activities, and analyses the handwriting of some of our protagonists
20. Paradiso Perduto, 12.05 a.m.-dialogue: What is missing from spy reports?
21. Street Theatre-compares spying with melodrama
22. Desire-considers spying as a form of seduction
23. 2 + 2 = 5-the noble Antonio Foscarini is unjustly condemned to death
24. Da Aldo, 1.10 a.m.-dialogue: Were the Venetians good at spying?
25. Spying and Modernity-Vano is revealed as a key figure for understanding the latter condition
26. I Spy, with My Little Eye-draws some preliminary conclusions
27. Interupted Sentences-Vano dies, and questions remain unanswered
28. Pistols Treason Murder'-the clock is turned back, and Vano enjoys one last triumph, while Giulio Cazzari prophesies his own death, and thereby brings it about
29. Legacy-Foscarini has a street named after him, and Vano does not
30. General of Sies -Vano is unofficially promoted
31. Doctor Frankenstein-everybody dies