E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Turkish Spy
was written by John Paul Mara’na, an Italian, who had been imprisoned for conspiracy. After his release he retired to Mon’aco, where he wrote the History of the Plot. Subsequently he removed to Paris, and produced his Turkish Spy, in which he gives the history of the last age.
