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Intrigue See also Conspiracy. Borgias 15th-century family who stopped at nothing to gain power. [Ital. Hist.: Plumb, 59] Bismarck’s purposely provocative memo on Spanish succession; sparked Franco-Prussian war (1870). [Ger. Hist.: NCE, 866] (1469–1527) author of book extolling political cunning. [Ital. Hist.: The Prince] undoes adulterous mother by brainwashing brother. [Am. Lit.: Mourning Becomes Electra] team of investigators with Byzantine modus operandi. [TV: “Mission Impossible” in Terrace, II, 100–101]
has cohort woo his covertly wed wife. [Ital. Opera: Cimarosa, The Secret Marriage, Westerman, 63] slick lawyer finagles on behalf of two men. [Rom. Lit.: Phormio] imaginary pre-WWI kingdom, rife with political machinations. [Br. Lit.: Prisoner of Zenda] thinly disguised extortion aroused anti-French feelings (1797–1798). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 564] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He became involved in a palace intrigue, and only saved himself by betraying his accomplices. Can it be, therefore, that an intrigue has been hatched through THIS channel? The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her husband that she could not go on living in the same house with him. |
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