The double life of Doctor Lopez : spies, Shakespeare and the plot to poison Elizabeth I /

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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Main Author: Green, Dominic, 1970-
Other title:Spies, Shakespeare and the plot to poison Elizabeth I.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Arrow, 2004.
Subjects:
Lopez, Roderigo, > 1525-1594.
Elizabeth > I, > Queen of England, > 1533-1603 > Assassination attempts.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Merchant of Venice.
Espionage, Spanish > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
Jews > Great Britain > Biography.
Physicians > Great Britain > Biography.
Executions and executioners > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603 > Biography.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1558-1603.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Spain.
Spain > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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