{"product_id":"her-majestys-spymaster-elizabeth-i-sir-francis-walsingham-and-the-birth-of-modern-espionage","title":"Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eHer Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eStephen Budiansky\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780670034260\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eViking\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eSir Francis Walsingham's official title was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, but in fact this pious, tight-lipped Puritan was England's first spymaster. A ruthless, fiercely loyal civil servant, Walsingham worked brilliantly behind the scenes to foil Elizabeth's rival Mary Queen of Scots and outwit Catholic Spain and France, which had arrayed their forces behind her. \u003cp\u003e Though he cut an incongruous figure in Elizabeth's worldly court, Walsingham managed to win the trust of key players like William Cecil and the Earl of Leceister before launching his own secret campaign against the queen's enemies. Covert operations were Walsingham's genius; he pioneered techniques for exploiting double agents, spreading disinformation, and deciphering codes with the latest code-breaking science that remain staples of international espionage. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In the taut narrative of a spy novel, Budiansky recounts how this legendary spymaster invented the art and science of modern espionage?and in the process set Elizabethan England on the path to empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Viking","offers":[{"title":"Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage | Stephen Budiansky | Hardcover | 9780670034260 | Used: Very Good | Biography 1656340","offer_id":48696833278104,"sku":"1656340","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81WGdrV64aL.jpg?v=1773767174","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/her-majestys-spymaster-elizabeth-i-sir-francis-walsingham-and-the-birth-of-modern-espionage","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}