Invisible power : the Elizabethan secret services, 1570-1603
Haynes, Alan1992
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Details how the Protestant government established an extensive spy network to counter the Catholic conspirators they perceived under every bed, watching for the chance to do in Good Queen Bess and put Mary Queen of Scots on the throne. Also shows how, like more recent examples, the organization quickly expanded from information gathering to kidnapp.
Main title:
Invisible power : the Elizabethan secret services, 1570-1603 / Alan Haynes.
Author:
Imprint:
Stroud : A. Sutton, 1992.
Collation:
xxi, 179p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 26cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p.160-162) and index.
ISBN:
9780750900379
Dewey class:
327.120942942.055327.1209327.12
Local class:
942.055
Language:
English
BRN:
167168