The Queens Agent

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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 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.nbsp nbsp The Queen s Agentnbsp 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. New Download [ The Queens Agent ] Author [ John P.D. Cooper ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I am very interested in Walsingham s life This started strong, but started dragging I forced myself to continue since I was on an airplane and had no other option Too much jumping around in time A lot of his files no...I can definitely understand the critique that some readers have that the narrative skips around quite a bit While writing about a very interesting subject matter, that of the role of Francis Walsingham, personal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, at the English court and abroad during the Reformation and how he and others fought against foreign invasion I feel like perhaps Cooper who is clearly knowledgeable and passionate a...Nice biography on Sir Francis Walsingham focusing on the religious wars of the time and Walsingham s spy network.Edit I went out a bought a copy for my own personal library.Driven by faith 4 starsThe problem with Walsingham, as a subject for biography, is the shortage of documentation, particularly relating to his private life As Cooper explains, his private papers were taken along with his public papers after his death for the benefit of future secretaries, but later most of the ...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here fradiohistorybiographytudorsR43 Abridged by Libby SpurrierReader Hugh BonnevilleProducer Joanna GreenA Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.blurb 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 and the reformed religion to which he was devoted.As a young fradiohistorybiographytudorsR43 Abridged by Libby SpurrierReader Hugh BonnevilleProducer Joanna GreenA Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.blurb 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 and the reformed religion to which he was devoted.As a young man he had witnessed the massacres in Paris on St Bartholomew s Day, when French Protestants were attacked by Catholic mobs He was determined to save England from a similar fate.Walsingham ran a network of agents in England and Europe who provided him with information about invasions or assassinat...Anyone who knows even a little British history knows about Queen Elizabeth I, and most people know who her spymaster was Sir Francis Walsingham I felt very intellectual reading this biography, though sometimes it seemed that however deeply the author did his research, only guesses could be presented We will probably never fully know Walsingham s motivations too much of his correspondence is lost and the primary sources are influenced by the politics of the time But the author makes a cred Anyone who knows even a little British history knows about Queen Elizabeth I, and most people know who her spymaster was Sir Francis Walsingham I felt very intellectual reading this biography, though sometimes it seemed that however deeply the...John Cooper has crafted a well documented tale of Sir Francis Walsingham s life in the service of Protestantism, England and Queen Elizabeth The title is a bit misleading in thattime is spent upon his work as principal secretary and ambassador to France then designing a spy agency Did he employ agents, double agents, and counter agents of course, but not in an organized fashion according to the evidence presented and documented Instead, he was the spider pulling on all the threads an John Cooper has crafted a well documented tale of Sir Francis Walsingham s life in the service of Protestantism, England and Queen Elizabeth The title ...I found this book interesting but in some places it wasof a chore to keep reading than a pleasure The amount of detail that John Cooper has gone into in this book is a double edged sword, he gives the reader alot of background information about the time and the relevant players which should have supported the facts about Walsingham, instead they overpowered then and it often felt like a string of tangents not a flowing narrative As I said I did find the book interesting it just wasn t wh I found this book interesting but in some places it wasof a chore to keep reading than a pleasure The amount of detail that John Cooper has gone into in this book is a double edged sword, he gives the reader alot of background information about the time and the relevant players which should have su...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.Deeply disappointed by this book It was promoted as a biography of Walsingham the spymaster and cryptographer Granted Walsingham was not the master cryptographer of his network I expected to readof that aspect of his work It was sadly lacking It also felt very much that Walsingham was a secondary character in his own biography I learned farabout many other people than I did about him I came away feeling that this was a well researched and, to be fair, well written boo...

The Queens Agent
  • English
  • 22 March 2017
  • Kindle Edition
  • 375 pages
  • John P.D. Cooper
  • The Queens Agent