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Livres anciens et modernes

Hutchinson Robert

Elizabeth's Spymaster: Francis Walsingham and the Secret War That Saved England

Orion (13 aprile 2006),

14,00 €

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(Roma, Italie)

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Auteur
Hutchinson Robert
Éditeurs
Orion (13 aprile 2006)
Thème
Shakespeare
Description
As New
Description
H
Jaquette
Oui
Etat de conservation
Comme neuf
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Dédicacée
Non
Premiére Edition
Non

Description

8vo, hardcover, Francis Walsingham was the first 'spymaster' in the modern sense. His methods anticipated those of MI5 and MI6 and even those of the KGB. He maintained a network of spies across Europe, including double-agents at the highest level in Rome and Spain - the sworn enemies of Queen Elizabeth and her protestant regime. His entrapment of Mary Queen of Scots is a classic intelligence operation that resulted in her execution. As Robert Hutchinson reveals, his cypher experts, ability to intercept other peoples' secret messages and his brilliant forged letters made him a fearsome champion of the young Elizabeth. Yet even this machiavellian schemer eventually fell foul of Elizabeth as her confidence grew (and judgement faded). The rise and fall of Sir Francis Walsingham is a Tudor epic, vividly narrated by a historian with unique access to the surviving documentary evidence.
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