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| Additional Physical Format: | Electronic version: Alford, Stephen, 1970- Watchers. New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012 (OCoLC)815779395 |
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| Named Person: | Elizabeth, Queen of England; Elizabeth, Queen of England |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Stephen Alford |
| ISBN: | 9781608190096 1608190099 |
| OCLC Number: | 772106559 |
| Description: | xvii, 397 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Other Titles: | Secret history of the reign of Elizabeth I |
| Responsibility: | Stephen Alford. |
Abstract:
A gripping account of the unflagging battle by spies, code breakers, ambassadors and confidence-men who sought to protect Elizabeth I from the most powerful rulers of Europe who conspired to destroy her, their plans most fully realized by the Spanish Armada.
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