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050 00 $aDA358.W2$bB83 2005
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100 1 $aBudiansky, Stephen.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91036261
245 10 $aHer majesty's spymaster :$bElizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the birth of modern espionage /$cStephen Budiansky.
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$c2005.
300 $axvii, 235 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps, portraits ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [231]-235).
520 1 $a"Elizabethan England could boast of many things: it was the center of European trade, it produced Shakespeare, and it had begun to cultivate colonies in the New World. But it had little military power and lived under the constant threat of invasion by Spain and France. Unable to match her enemies at sea or on the battlefield, Queen Elizabeth was forced to engage them in a battle of wits. Her secret weapon was Sir Francis Walsingham, who carried the modest title of Principal Secretary but was in fact her spymaster. Walsingham trumped the Catholic nations with a force more formidable than Spain's armada: espionage." "With the narrative of a spy novel, Her Majesty's Spymaster recounts how, in a time of terrific religious and political strife, Walsingham invented the art and science of modern espionage - and set Elizabethan England on the path to empire." "Planting or recruiting agents in every foreign court in Europe as well as deep within the conspiracies of domestic plotters, Walsingham coolly thwarted repeated attempts on English soil. He used the new mathematical science of code breaking to decipher messages intercepted between ambassadors and kings. He spread subtle disinformation campaigns to foil Britain's foes and beguile her allies. And, with a brilliant sleight of hand, he caught Mary Queen of Scots deep in a plot to kill Elizabeth, and sent the Catholic queen to the gallows. Covert operations were Walsingham's genius: the techniques he pioneered remain staples of international espionage today." "Stephen Budiansky brings to life not only the icy, Puritan Walsingham and the flamboyant Queen Elizabeth, but also Walsingham's intricate spy network, the shadow world beneath the tumult of Elizabethan England."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aWalsingham, Francis,$cSir,$d1532-1590.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85086763
650 0 $aEspionage, British$xHistory$y16th century.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$y1558-1603.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056691
600 00 $aElizabeth$bI,$cQueen of England,$d1533-1603.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79081709
650 0 $aCabinet officers.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018567
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yElizabeth, 1558-1603$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100283
650 0 $aCabinet officers$zGreat Britain$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008100003
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zFrance.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100253
651 0 $aFrance$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115083
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