The Queen's Agent

Author: John Cooper
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1639361154
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 303

Book Description
Elizabeth I came to the throne at a time of insecurity and unrest. Rivals threatened her reign; England was a Protestant island, isolated in a sea of Catholic countries. Spain plotted an invasion, but Elizabeth's Secretary, Francis Walsingham, was prepared to do whatever it took to protect her. He ran a network of agents in England and Europe who provided him with information about invasions or assassination plots. He recruited likely young men and 'turned' others. He encouraged Elizabeth to make war against the Catholic Irish rebels with extreme brutality and oversaw the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. The Queen's Agent is a story of secret agents, cryptic codes, and ingenious plots, set in a turbulent period of England's history. It is also the story of a man devoted to his queen, sacrificing his every waking hour to save the threatened English state.

The Queen's Agent

Author: John Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Espionage, British
Languages : en
Pages : 480

Book Description
A captivating chronicle of the exploits of Sir Francis Walsingham-the first great English spymaster and the man who saved Elizabeth's regime and the country's independence. Elizabeth I came to the throne at a time of insecurity and unrest. Rivals threatened her reign; England was a Protestant island, isolated in a sea of Catholic countries. Spain plotted an invasion, but Elizabeth's Secretary, Sir Francis Walsingham, was prepared to do whatever it took to protect her. He ran a network of agents in England and Europe who provided him with information about invasions or assassination plots. He r.

The Queen's Agent

Author: John Hardy
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781978100473
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
THE QUEEN'S AGENT is a historical spy story set at the time of Elizabeth I during the build up of the Spanish Armada. The story is set in London, Santiago de Compostela and along the Pilgrim's Way, as well as France and the Low Countries. The politics of the time and Walsingham's spy network, and the hunt for a mole within it, are interwoven with the search of an illegitimate son for his father

The Queen's Men

Author: Oliver Clements
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501154753
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
"The Agents of the Crown returns with this riveting novel following the original MI6 agent as he is assigned a dangerous mission to recreate a weapon from antiquity. As she travels through Waltham Forest, Queen Elizabeth I is ambushed by masked gunmen who leave her carriage riddled with holes before disappearing into the night. The Queen's Private Secretary, Sir Francis Walsingham, is tasked with finding the perpetrators, about whom they know precious little. But someone alerted the gunman to the route of the Queen's carriage, and Walsingham knows that the assassins will not stop until she's dead. Only one man can top the plot, loyal friend John Dee.

The Queens

Author: Aldémah
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Immortality
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description

The Queen's Secret Agent

Author: Donald Crighton
Publisher: Vanguard Press
ISBN: 9781843867838
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362

Book Description
When young Richard Infield rides out one morning he comes across an elderly gypsy lady. As payment for doing her a good turn she reads his fortune. As Richard grows up and becomes a man, the gypsy's predictions of his future seem startlingly accurate. Richard's life is indeed filled with adventure, romance, passion and intrigue. As a simple sea trader on the Sussex coast, Richard shows an aptitude for honesty and hard work, but also for cunning and creativity. Slowly his success increases, to the point where he is noticed by the most powerful men in England: Queen Elizabeth's closest advisors. Now charged with taking on secret and dangerous missions for the Queen herself, Richard must tread carefully if he wants to build the life for himself and his family which he has dreamt of since that day long ago when that grateful and mystic gypsy glimpsed his future.

Chaucer's Queens

Author: Louise Tingle
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030632199
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
This book investigates the agency and influence of medieval queens in late fourteenth-century England, focusing on the patronage and intercessory activities of the queens Philippa of Hainault and Anne of Bohemia, as well as the princess Joan of Kent. It examines the ways in which royal women were able to participate in traditional queenly customs such as intercession, and whether it was motherhood that gave power to a queen. This study focuses particularly on types of patronage, and also considers the importance of coronation, especially for Joan of Kent, who was neither a queen consort nor a dowager, yet still fulfilled some queenly duties. Crucially, the author highlights the transactional nature of the queen’s role at court, as she accumulated wealth from land, rights and traditions, which in turn funded patronage activities.

The queens necklace

Author: Alexandre Dumas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 558

Book Description

The Agent's Demon

Author: L E Medlock
Publisher: Stone Soul Publishing
ISBN: 1739322819
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394

Book Description
IT TAKES A DEMON TO CATCH A DEMON LONDON, 1888 When her mentor is brutally murdered, Hazel Locke is dragged into the investigation as the newest agent at Her Majesty's Paranormal Investigation Agency. To solve the case, she must summon a demon partner called a Hound, a creature who can track down others of its kind. But the demon she summons is unlike any she's encountered before, and he wants nothing to do with her or the Agency. As the body count rises, Hazel realizes there's more at stake than getting justice for her mentor. A ruthless killer haunts the streets of London, and to stop them, she and her demon will have to put their differences aside and work together to solve the crime - no matter where the journey takes her... The Agent's Demon is the first book in the historical paranormal series, Locke & Steel.

The Queens and the Hive

Author: Edith Sitwell
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 542

Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Queens and the Hive" by Edith Sitwell. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.