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Her Majesty's spymaster
Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the birth of modern espionage
By Budiansky, Stephen
- ISBN
- 978-0-67003-426-0
- Publisher
- New York : Viking, 2005.
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Reviewed on August 15, 2005
A staunch Puritan, sober in dress, Sir Francis Walsingham must, ironically, have stood out in the flamboyant court of Elizabethan England. What distinguished him was not only his dress; as Budiansky succinctly puts it, "he knew how to shut up." This narrative recounts Walsingham's growth from Protestant expatriate to English ambassador to France, principal secretary, privy councilor, and untitled spymaster for Elizabeth I, engaging in operations r...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
