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The watchers : a secret history of the reign of Elizabeth I
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- Creator
- Stephen Alford
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2014
- Physical Details
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- xvvi, 397 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781608193394, 160819339X
- OCLC
- ocn869437039, on1024081172
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-377) and index.
- A secret history -- Spying out the land. Ten days in November ; The lion's mouth ; English Roman lives ; 'Judas his parts' ; Paris and London ; Hunting Edmund Campion ; Out of the shadows -- Enemies of the state. 'Sundry wicked plots and means' ; The secret lives of William Parry ; 'The enemy sleeps not' ; 'A very unadvised enterprise' ; Dangerous fruits ; Alias Cornelys ; Sleights of hand ; Framing the labyrinth -- Politics and money. An axe and an armada ; 'Good and painful long services' ; Platforms and passports ; The fall and rise of Thomas Phelippes ; Politics and prognostications ; Ends and beginnings
Subjects
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Relations with statesmen.
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Adversaries.
- Espionage, British -- History -- 16th century.
- Conspiracies -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1558-1603.
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1558-1603.
- Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
- Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- History.