Elizabethan Espionage : Plotters and Spies in the Struggle Between Catholicism and the Crown /

Elizabethan Espionage : Plotters and Spies in the Struggle Between Catholicism and the Crown / Patrick H. Martin.

"In the wake of the 1588 destruction of the Spanish Armada, English Catholics launched an ingenious counterespionage effort to undermine the Tudor government's anti-Catholic machinations. Queen Elizabeth long maintained spies and provocateurs among English Catholic exiles. Walsingham, her...

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Main Author: Martin, Patrick H. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Subjects:
Espionage, British > History > 16th century.
Spies > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
Diplomatic relations.
Espionage, British.
Politics and government.
Spies.
Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1558-1603.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1558-1603.
Great Britain.
History.
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Summary:"In the wake of the 1588 destruction of the Spanish Armada, English Catholics launched an ingenious counterespionage effort to undermine the Tudor government's anti-Catholic machinations. Queen Elizabeth long maintained spies and provocateurs among English Catholic exiles. Walsingham, her principal secretary, used treachery to foster plots against the queen to justify harsh measures against Catholics"--
Physical Description:x, 358 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-352) and index.
ISBN:9781476662558 (softcover : alk. paper)
147666255X (softcover : alk. paper)

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