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Elizabeth's Spymaster

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  Posted by Darrenatwork (U11744656) on Tuesday, 28th April 2009

  Can you recommend any good bio's or other books about Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth the First's M?
  
  I find him an intruiging (literally and metaphorically) character and would like to know more.

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  Posted by LairigGhru (U5452625) on Wednesday, 29th April 2009

  I copy below the references given by Wikipedia on this topic:
  
  * Stephen Budiansky. 2005. Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage.
  * John Burke and John Bernard Burke, 1844. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland.
  * Alan Haynes. 1992. The Elizabethan Secret Services. Sutton Publishing. Reprint, 2001.
  * Alan Haynes. 2004. Walsingham: Elizabeth's spymaster.
  * Robert Hutchinson. 2007. Elizabeth's Spymaster: Francis Walsingham and the secret war that saved England.
  * Mitchell Leimon and Geoffrey Parker. Treason and Plot in Elizabethan Diplomacy: The 'Fame of Sir Edward Stafford' Reconsidered. The English Historical Review 1996 CXI(444):1134-1158
  * Geoffrey Parker. 2000. The Grand Strategy of Philip II.
  

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  Posted by RSS_643_IKWIG (U13662597) on Friday, 8th May 2009

  Friday. 8th May, 2009. 11:53BST
  Re. 'Darrenatwork'
  NB. Whilst the histories described by the corresepondent associated with 'Message 2' are well worth looking at (infact; I wouldn't mind finding a copy of several of them myself), there is 'a moot point' associated with the period discussed (ie. the Elizabethan) which is very rarely noted; except in relationship to the so called ARMADA: 1588. That is the subject of BATTLE and 'battle practice'; which is perhaps only too obvious to some who have a so called 'proper' understanding of the 'histories', to comment further. However, the true 'espionage Detail' of the day was (as always in 'political' terms) 'know your enemies better than they know yourself'.
  The 'quasi - political' and legal system; 'bound up' in 'juris - prudence' and the presence of the CIPHER and 'letter of the law' ie. ELIZABETH herself; as part of the 'common law' and the 'Anglican DAY' is paramount: if the RO (Royal Ordnance) of the day has 'prevision, permission and license' to purchase and make use of 'gun barrels' and 'shot and shell' ie. 'gun - metal' and 'chemical explosive'. The 'international question of the day' was the 'legitimacy' of the CROWN itself. The 'family of ELIZABETH' (?) and HER (and their) relationship to the 'iron master' or BARON; who has license to 'design and build' as well as 'manufacture' the weapons of the day: is reflected (mirrored some would say) in the 'sworn enemy'. Or so you would think so...
  The 'Elizabethan privateers' or SEAHAWKS understood this only too well. Their lives and the future lives of their immediate and extended families depended upon it. So did the future of the BRITISH NAVY and indeed the BRITISH STATE; at the level of the 'Union of Scotland, England and Wales'.
  Keeping your 'secrets'; associated with 'coastal battery' and 'naval gunnery' secret: are an 'art' in itself. Discovering the 'secrets' of your enemies 'DEFENCE Estate' may include 'setting fire to his beard'; as in actions undertaken behind 'the SPANISH line': against CADIZ. It may also involve proving 'beyond doubt'; before 'a court of LAW': that a certain 'loose cannon on the deck' should be executed at (or about) the same time. Afterall, gaining time to prepare a defence or to complete one is sometimes; 'a Class ACT': in itself. That is what 'a' type of WALSINGHAM was famous for...

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  Posted by Stoggler (U1647829) on Friday, 8th May 2009

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  What does that have anything to do with the OP? If you want to post something on the subject matter you've introduced, why not start a new thread (and posting without the odd "Re:" and "NB" usages, without the use of CAPITALS and in English that we can all follow!)?

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  Posted by Andrew Host (U1683626) on Monday, 11th May 2009

  Hi RSS_643_IKWIG (U13662597),
  
  You're welcome to use repost this as an opener for a new discussion but it seems to deviate somewhat from the discussion in hand.
  
  Many thanks
  
  Andrew

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