Elizabeth's Spymaster - Softcover

Hutchinson, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753822482 ISBN 13: 9780753822487

Publisher: Phoenix, 2007

Synopsis

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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About the Author:

Robert Hutchinson is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and the author of THE LAST DAYS OF HENRY VIII, ELIZABETH'S SPYMASTER, THOMAS CROMWELL, HOUSE OF TREASON, YOUNG HENRY, THE SPANISH ARMADA and THE AUDACIOUS CRIMES OF COLONEL BLOOD. He was Defence Correspondent for the Press Association before moving to Jane's Information Group to launch JANE'S DEFENCE WEEKLY. He has a doctorate from the University of Sussex, and was appointed OBE in the 2008 Honours List.

Review:

An accessible, authoritative account of Francis Walsingham's life and work. Written with a sense of the dramatic... The author is very good at evoking the atmosphere of suspicion and paranoia during Elizabeth's reign and seems to relish describing the methods of torture at Walsingham's disposal and the brutality of the age. It makes Elizabethan statecraft immediate and entertaining. THE BOOK MAGAZINE Robert Hutchinson's lucid and learned volume gives us a vivid portrait of Walsingham... an excellent book. -- Frank McLynn INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Walsingham emerges from these pages as a hero of epic stature. DAILY TELEGRAPH compelling LITERARY REVIEW Hutchinson neatly combines his expert knowledge with an impressive narrative suspense and mordant sense of humour... A darkly informative read. WATERSTONE'S BOOKS QUARTERLY The story told here is intense and compelling. BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE Impeccably researched... the author has constructed what almost amounts to a thriller in this gripping narrative. GOOD BOOK GUIDE full of stimulating detail... vivid glimpses of the world of Elizabethan espionage -- Simon Callow THE GUARDIAN superb research THE TABLET by shining a light into the murky world he inhabited , the author grants [Walsingham] his proper place in English history. THIS ENGLAND the strength of this book lies in its combination of brilliant original research with a compelling narrative. HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW

About this edition

• Publisher: Phoenix
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0753822482
• ISBN 13: 9780753822487
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 428