(print) xxxii, 188 p. ; 24 cm

1. Authorized secrecy : the figure of Freemasonry, Carlyle's clothes philosophy and an alternative to democracy p. 1 -- 2. Combining the two nations : trade unions as secret societies, 1837-45 p. 22 -- 3. Popish plots : Catholic emancipation, tractarian reserve, and "papal aggression" p. 50 -- 4. "Some deep, designing men" : the making of the Indian mutiny p. 79 -- 5. Italian union : red republicanism, The woman in white and Lothair p. 101

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