Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Stephen BudianskyAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2006-08-01Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780452287471ISBN-10:452287472UPC:9780452287471Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:Historical, Europe, EspionageBook Topic:Great BritainSize:7.64 x 5.68 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC9MG16X20
Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage
Sir Francis Walsingham's official title was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, but in fact this pious, tight-lipped Puritan was England's first spymaster. A ruthless, fiercely loyal civil servant, Walsingham worked brilliantly behind the scenes to foil Elizabeth's rival Mary Queen of Scots and outwit Catholic Spain and France, which had arrayed their forces behind her. Though he cut an...
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780452287471ISBN-10:452287472UPC:9780452287471Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:Historical, Europe, EspionageBook Topic:Great BritainSize:7.64 x 5.68 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC9MG16X20
Stephen Budiansky, journalist and military historian, is the author of nine books about history, science, and nature, including Air Power: The Men, Machines, and Ideas That Revolutionized War, from Kitty Hawk to Gulf War II. He publishes frequently in The New York Times and The Washington Post and currently serves as a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
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