THE MURDER OF MALCOLM SINCLAIR
Imständelig Berättelse om thet på Majoren Malcolm Sinclair 17. Junii 1739 wid Christianstadt i Schlesien föröfwade...grymma Mord, när han uti Kgl. M: ts höga Ärender war stadd på sin Hemresa ifrån Constantinopel.
Stockholm.
Pet. Momma, 1741.
Quarto.
[34]pp. Disbound. Dampstained, spotted.
A rare survival of a detailed contemporary account of the murder of Swedish army intelligence officer Malcolm Sinclair (1690-1739).
Sinclair, born to a family of Scottish immigrants, was dispatched to Constantinople in 1738 to gather intelligence on the ongoing Austro-Russian-Turkish War and foster negotiations for a potential alliance between Sweden and the Ottoman Empire against Russia. On his return, having successfully carried out his duties, Sinclair was accosted by Russian infantrymen and assassinated. His death fuelled Russian resentment in Sweden and contributed to the outbreak of the Russo-Swedish war in 1741.
OCLC records a single copy (Copenhagen).
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref: 27668
Sinclair, born to a family of Scottish immigrants, was dispatched to Constantinople in 1738 to gather intelligence on the ongoing Austro-Russian-Turkish War and foster negotiations for a potential alliance between Sweden and the Ottoman Empire against Russia. On his return, having successfully carried out his duties, Sinclair was accosted by Russian infantrymen and assassinated. His death fuelled Russian resentment in Sweden and contributed to the outbreak of the Russo-Swedish war in 1741.
OCLC records a single copy (Copenhagen).
