Elizabethan Espionage: Plotters and Spies in the Struggle Between Catholicism and the Crown
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In the wake of the 1588 destruction of the Spanish Armada, English Catholics launched an ingenious counterespionage effort to undermine the Tudor government's anti-Catholic machinations. This Jesuit-connected network secretly transmitted intelligence to Brussels, Antwerp, Madrid and Rome. Its central figure was William Sterrell, a brilliant Oxford philosopher. Sterrell moved at the highest levels of government, working for the ill-fated Earl of Essex and for the powerful 4th Earl of Worcester, secret sponsor of the Jesuits. This is the story of Sterrell's secret network--undetected for 400 years--brought to life in vivid detail, based on close examination of hundreds of original letters and documents never before transcribed or published.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:147666255X
ISBN13:9781476662558
Release Date:May 2016
Publisher:McFarland & Company
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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