Elizabeth's Spymaster: Francis Walsingham & the Secret War that Saved England by Hutchinson Robert

Author:Hutchinson, Robert [Hutchinson, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780222493
Publisher: Orion
Published: 2011-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Soon after Drake’s return from ‘singeing the King of Spain’s beard’, as his exploits were now popularly labelled, Walsingham sat down and drew up plans to gather more timely and accurate intelligence out of Spain. He could no longer rely on the serendipity of a report being sent casually by a merchant in that country as this extracurricular activity was becoming more and more risky for such amateur informants in the face of heightened Spanish security.

In April 1587, Mendoza wrote to King Philip that he had heard

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