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The Queen's Agent
John Cooper
出版
Pegasus Books
, 2021-11-15
主題
Biography & Autobiography / Royalty
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
History / Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603)
ISBN
1639361154
9781639361151
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=-KNFEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Elizabeth I came to the throne at a time of insecurity and unrest. Rivals threatened her reign; England was a Protestant island, isolated in a sea of Catholic countries. Spain plotted an invasion, but Elizabeth's Secretary, Francis Walsingham, was prepared to do whatever it took to protect her.
He ran a network of agents in England and Europe who provided him with information about invasions or assassination plots. He recruited likely young men and 'turned' others. He encouraged Elizabeth to make war against the Catholic Irish rebels with extreme brutality and oversaw the execution of Mary Queen of Scots.
The Queen's Agent
is a story of secret agents, cryptic codes, and ingenious plots, set in a turbulent period of England's history. It is also the story of a man devoted to his queen, sacrificing his every waking hour to save the threatened English state.