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Invisible Power: The Elizabethan Secret Services, 1570-1603

History

Haynes, Alan

Europe

St.Martin's Press

The first full-length study of the man who contrived the succession of James VI of Scotland to the English throne, following the death of Elizabeth I.

Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

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Peter Owen Publishers

Invisible Power: The Elizabethan Secret Services 1570 - 1603

Sutton Pub Ltd

Gunpowder Plot: Faith in Rebellion

Alan Haynes uncovers the truth about this Catholic conspiracy. His probing analysis offers the clearest, most balanced view yet of often conflicting evidence, as he disentangles the threads of disharmony, intrigue, betrayal, terror and retribution.

Sex in Elizabethan England

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Psychology & Counseling

Sutton Pub

An ILLUSTRATED HISTORY PAPERBACK which provides an insight into the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and examines why Guy Fawkes was involved in a Catholic conspiracy to kill the royal family and government. First published in 1994.

A detailed account of the "secret services" operated by the great men of Elizabethan England, whose clandestine efforts sprang from the collective Protestant fear provoked by the exiled presence in England of Mary, Queen of Scots. After the rising of the Northern Earls in her favour in 1569 - an event that shocked the government - any claimant to the English throne was viewed with hostile suspicion as a potential focus for religious malcontents and foreign meddlers. By stealthy efforts at home and abroad the Elizabethan spy clusters became forces to be feared. Kidnapping, surveillance, conspiracy, counter-espionage, theft and lying were just a few of the methods employed to defeat the ever-present threat of regicide. The author aims to challenge many of the stale notions about espionage in Renaissance England and to show the reign of Elizabeth I in a new light.

The Elizabethan Secret Services: Spies and Spycatchers 1570-1603

The England of Elizabeth was a nation under threat. This book challenges stale notions about espionage in Renasissance England and presents complex material so that the reign of Elizabeth I is shown in a compellingly light.

The Elizabethan Secret Services

Approached through the literature and literary personalities of the period, this fascinating study examines sexual behaviour in the Elizabethan age. Although there is much we will never know, poets and playwrights can provide valuable insights into our ancestors' sexual lives. Here, with help from the work of figures such as Shakespeare, Marlowe and Donne, Alan Haynes builds up a vivid picture of of the sexual experiences of Elizabethans at all levels of society. We peep behind the bed curtains at the 'Virgin Queen' herself, who slept alone despite rumours that she was as sexually promiscuous as her mother, Anne Boleyn, and at characters such as Moll Cutpurse, a gutsy female transvestite who shocked and amused generations of Londoners in almost equal measure. The pressure of desire was profound and the author explores this to find compelling details. A unique behind the scenes study of the sex life of the Elizabethans, from courtiers to maids of honour and from citizens and their wives to drabs and pimps, this book will intrigue and fascinate anyone with an interest in the private lives of our forbears.

The History Press

For the greater part of her reign, Elizabeth I had three very gifted, and very different men to support her. One of these was the haunted intellectual, Sir Francis Walsingham. During the brief reign of the Queen Mary, Walsingham was a Protestant exile in Italy. Returning home when Elizabeth assumed the throne, from 1570 he became a diplomat to the arch-pragmatist Queen. He was often troubled by her inconsistent policy decisions and for allowing the exile in England of Mary Queen of Scots. His triumph came in 1587 when Mary was at last beheaded after the cunning defeat of the Babington plot. A powerful, if enigmatic figure, loathed by his adversaries and deeply admired by friends and allies, Walsingham became the master coordinator of a feared pan-European spy network. His spies underpinned his organization of national resistance to the Spanish Armada, but devotion and duty to Elizabeth was costly and Walsingham died two years later. Alan Haynes’s new book restores a great Elizabethan to his rightful place in history. It will appeal to anyone interested in matters of secrecy, betrayal, loyalty, and individual freedom.

Walsingham: Elizabethan Spymaster & Statesman

Sutton

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Invisible Power: The Elizabethan Secret Services, 1570-1603

Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

Invisible Power: The Elizabethan Secret Services, 1570-1603

Gunpowder Plot: Faith in Rebellion

Sex in Elizabethan England

Gunpowder Plot: Faith in Rebellion

The Elizabethan Secret Services: Spies and Spycatchers 1570-1603

The Elizabethan Secret Services

Sex in Elizabethan England

Walsingham: Elizabethan Spymaster & Statesman