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I spy with my little eye: interpreting seventeenth-century Venetian spy reports

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 October 2002

Jonathan Walker
Affiliation:
Wolfson College, Cambridge, CB3 9BB

Abstract

This article examines the reports written by Gerolamo Vano, a spy working in early seventeenth-century Venice. It concentrates on their form rather than their content in a attempt to assess Vano's story-telling skills. It is also an experiment in historical story-telling, which departs from some of the conventions of academic writing and embraces the melodramatic qualities of Vano's writing. In short, the article's form is used to comment allegorically upon its content.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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