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Author's NoteDuring the Armistice between the French and English in 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte’s espionage in England became extensive.
The smugglers who operated in the English Channel carried spies to and from France and a number of émigrés in London found it an easy way to augment the pittance that they had been forced to live on after the French Revolution of ten years earlier.
The fears that Bonaparte had aroused over the whole of Europe and ominous reports that the Armistice was just a breathing space before he invaded England resulted in a witch-hunt through the corridors of Whitehall with repercussions all over the country.
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