All His Spies: The Secret World Of Robert Cecil Stephen Alford Allen Lane Αγγλικά Βιβλία History

\ Alford Triumphs… In Recreating The Historical Moment By Immersing Himself Cecil’s Vast Archive He Draws Reader Deep Into His Working Environment Capturing Closeness Of Study And Chaos Court… This Is Turn-Of-Century England As It Really Was – Dangerous Gritty On A Knife Edge - Times Compelling Portrait Pivotal Yet Often Neglected Figure Elizabethan Jacobean Politics Alford\ S Account Robert Cecil Spy Network Bristles With Narrative Energy Succinctly Wise Judgement Peter Marshall From Acclaimed Author Watchers Untold Story Ultimate Tudor Spy-Masterrobert Statesman Spymaster Lived Through An Astonishingly Threatening Period English History Queen Elizabeth Had No Clear Successor Enemies Both External Internal Threatened To Destroy Protestant State Most Spectacularly Spanish Armada Gunpowder Plot Stood At Heart Then Stuart Vital Managing Succession I James Vi Warding Off Military Religious Threats Steering Decisions Two Very Different But Equally Wilful Hard-To-Manage Monarchs Promising Son Elizabeth’s Chief Minister Lord Burghley For There Choice Became Supremely Skilled Arts Power Making Many Rivals All Spies Wonderfully Engaging Original Work Readers Are Familiar Great Events Tumultuous Time Shows How Easily These Dramas Could Have Turned Out Differently Sureness Purpose Espionage Good Luck Conspired Keep Uninvaded Create New ‘British’ Monarchy Which Has Endured Present Day Σελίδες: 448 Διαστάσεις: 15 9X15 9Cm