Monitoring communication, profiling suspicious persons, doxxing one's opponents long before the arrival of the internet, Europe's kings were already devising sophisticated systems for spying on their subjects. Letters, in particular, were systematically opened and read. A fascinating excursion into the Secret Cipher Chancellery of the Habsburgs, Louis XIV's Black Chamber, and the first era of total surveillance.Tom Hillenbrand studied European politics, trained at the Holtzbrinck School of Journalism and was an editor at SPIEGEL ONLINE. His books are published in many languages, have won several awards and are regularly on the SPIEGEL bestseller list.
Published by: GD Publishing