Project Gutenberg 2023-01-20 Public domain in the USA. 163 Tissot, Victor 1845 1917 La police secrète prussienne $aFrance :$bE. Dentu,$c1885. Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) "La police secrète prussienne" by Victor Tissot is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book aims to uncover the hidden workings of the Prussian secret police, detailing the methods and moral implications of its espionage tactics during a time of social upheaval and revolution. The narrative is set against the backdrop of Berlin's turbulent revolutionary atmosphere of the mid-19th century, introducing characters engaged in the fight for freedom and the complex interplay of loyalty and betrayal. At the start of the book, the scene is set in Berlin shortly after the February Revolution, with a chaotic crowd clamoring for change while King Friedrich Wilhelm IV appears before them. The story introduces two characters, Schœffel and Goldschmidt, who engage in a tense discussion about the imminent appearance of the king in a politically charged atmosphere. As tensions rise, Schœffel, an ex-prisoner recently released from custody, visibly reacts to the presence of a man identified as Stieber, an agent who he believes betrayed him. The narrative quickly establishes a sense of urgency and conflict, introducing themes of personal loss, political intrigue, and the morally ambiguous role of the secret police amidst social upheaval. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k206652c 20210321140009tissot 1885 FR Reading ease score: 69.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr Police -- Germany -- Prussia Secret service -- Germany -- Prussia DD HV Text Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 654269 2025-07-27T13:29:02.794129 text/html 633368 2024-10-19T03:52:43 text/html 341660 2025-07-27T13:29:10.600051 application/epub+zip 348215 2025-07-27T13:29:04.093069 application/epub+zip 330772 2025-07-27T13:29:03.320066 application/epub+zip 522284 2025-07-27T13:29:15.367010 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 498023 2025-07-27T13:29:09.956024 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 607341 2025-07-27T13:29:01.704114 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 587355 2024-10-19T03:52:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16541 2025-07-27T13:29:15.514992 application/rdf+xml 16259 2025-07-27T13:29:03.429071 image/jpeg 2805 2025-07-27T13:29:03.373057 image/jpeg 310560 2025-07-27T13:29:02.852102 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia