'An impressively convincing, well-researched and gripping glimpse into the snake-pit of spies, traitors, and would-be regicides that sprang to life during the dangerous days between the death of Elizabeth I and the formal accession of James VI. Early Stuart London has rarely been more vividly presented 'warts and all'. David Field lays bare the fevered atmosphere that gave rise to so many desperate, and ultimately fatal, plots.' Peter Tonkin 'A...