The double life of Doctor Lopez : spies, Shakespeare and the plot to poison Elizabeth I / Dominic Green.
Elizabeth I's personal physician Roderigo Lopez was a man of many secrets. The old doctor was also a businessman, a diplomat, a spymaster and, secretly, a Jew. "When the 1st Earl of Essex was poisoned to death, Lopez numbered among those suspected, but was undeterred by the scandal. How...
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| Other title: | Spies, Shakespeare and the plot to poison Elizabeth I. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a 1. The anatomist -- 2. A house in Paradise -- 3. The Lord Ambassador -- 4. The Pretender -- 5. A kind of Jewish practice -- 6. The double bond -- 7. A world of words -- 8. The Jew of Venice -- 9. The prop and the burden -- 10. The monster of fortune -- 11. The projector -- 12. The huddler underhand -- 13. The treasurer's defence -- 14. The Jew of Malta -- 15. The Spanish prisoner -- 16. The queen's pawn -- 17. The pound of flesh. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a Elizabeth I's personal physician Roderigo Lopez was a man of many secrets. The old doctor was also a businessman, a diplomat, a spymaster and, secretly, a Jew. "When the 1st Earl of Essex was poisoned to death, Lopez numbered among those suspected, but was undeterred by the scandal. However, he was financially overextended and became so desperate he embarked on a high-risk enterprise as freelance diplomat and spymaster, contacting the Spanish in an attempt to set up peace talks. Suspicious of Lopez, the 2nd Earl of Essex began an investigation. The case against Lopez was damning, with stories of botched abortions and murder, safehouses and mail drops, double agents and triple identities. Lacking vital corroboration of his story by the Spanish, and despite the Queen's support, amidst an atmosphere of anti-Semitism stirred up by Essex, Lopez was hung, drawn and quartered in 1594. He protested his loyalty and Christianity to the last, and provided the young Shakespeare with inspiration for a topical new play."--Publisher's description. | ||
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| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Elizabeth |b I, |c Queen of England, |d 1533-1603 |x Assassination attempts. |
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