Elizabeth's spy master: Francis Walsingham and the secret war that saved England
by Hutchinson, Robert 1948-.
Material type: BookPublisher: Phoenix 2007ISBN: 9780753822487; 0753822482.Classification number: 920 WAL; 942.055 HUTSubject(s): Walsingham 1530?-1590 | Espionage, British -- History -- 16th century | Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- Biography | Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth I, 1558-1603Subject: Francis Walsingham was the first 'spymaster' in the modern sense. His methods anticipated those of MI5 and MI6 and even those of the KGB. His rise and fall is a Tudor epic, vividly narrated by a historian with unique access to the surviving documentary evidence.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book - Adult Paperback | Maghull Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 942.055 HUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002576768X |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-383) and index
Francis Walsingham was the first 'spymaster' in the modern sense. His methods anticipated those of MI5 and MI6 and even those of the KGB. His rise and fall is a Tudor epic, vividly narrated by a historian with unique access to the surviving documentary evidence.
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