Walsingham

Author : Stephen Budiansky
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780452287471
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Her Majesty's Spymaster written by Stephen Budiansky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Francis Walsingham’s official title was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, but in fact this pious, tight-lipped Puritan was England’s first spymaster. A ruthless, fiercely loyal civil servant, Walsingham worked brilliantly behind the scenes to foil Elizabeth’s rival Mary Queen of Scots and outwit Catholic Spain and France, which had arrayed their forces behind her. Though he cut an incongruous figure in Elizabeth’s worldly court, Walsingham managed to win the trust of key players like William Cecil and the Earl of Leicester before launching his own secret campaign against the queen’s enemies. Covert operations were Walsingham’s genius; he pioneered techniques for exploiting double agents, spreading disinformation, and deciphering codes with the latest code-breaking science that remain staples of international espionage.

Author : Michael Rear
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780854398119
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walsingham written by Michael Rear and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is no dry and dusty research project. It is vibrant with humanity, joy, sorrow and the author's overwhelming sense of Our Lady of Walsingham's significance in the Church's mission today. Published to celebrate the 950th anniversary of the foundaion of the Shrine of Our Lady in Walsingham.

Author : Alan Haynes
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752496220
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walsingham written by Alan Haynes and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walsingham, Elizabeth's spymaster had established an extensive spy network the world had ever seen, placing secret agents throughout Europe, especially in the Catholic courts of Spain, Italy, and France, to ferret out Catholic plots against Elizabeth. Yet Elizabeth ignored her spymaster. Walsingham, distrusted for being too powerful.

Author : Thomas Walsingham
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843831440
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chronica Maiora of Thomas Walsingham, 1376-1422 written by Thomas Walsingham and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated by David Preest with introduction and notes by James G. Clark Thomas Walsingham's Chronica maiora is one of the most comprehensive and colourful chronicles to survive from medieval England. Walsingham was a monk at St Albans Abbey, a royal monastery and the premier repository of public records, and therefore well placed to observe the political machinations of this period at close hand. Moreover, he knew the monarchs and many of the nobles personally and is able to offer insights into their actions unmatched by any other authority. It is this narrative, transmitted through the popular Tudor histories of Hall, Stow and Holinshed, which provides the principle source for Shakespeare's sequence of history plays. Covering almost fifty years, the narrative provides the most authoritative account of one of the most turbulent periods in English history, from the last years of Edward III (1376-77) to the premature death of Henry V (1422). Walsingham describes the many dramas of this period in vivid detail, including the Peasants' Revolt (1381), the deposition and murder of Richard II (1399-1400), The Welsh revolt of Owain Glyn Dwr (1403) and Henry V's victory at Agincourt (1415); they are brought to life here in this new translation.

Author : Robert Hutchinson
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312368224
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elizabeth's Spymaster written by Robert Hutchinson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-08-07 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

Author : Andrew Burnham
Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 184825122X
Total Pages : 952 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham written by Andrew Burnham and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a daily prayer book for the Ordinariate – those former Anglicans who have recently become a distinct part of the Roman Catholic Church. In creating the Ordinariate, Pope Benedict recognised the treasures that Anglicans brought with them from their own tradition and this book is replete with the riches of Anglican patrimony. It contains material from the Anglican tradition, adapted according to the Roman rite including: • an order for morning, evening and night prayer throughout the year • spiritual readings for the Christian year • the minor offices • calendar and lectionary tables For use throughout the English speaking world, this unique volume will fill an immediate need.

Author : Derek Wilson
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1472112482
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sir Francis Walsingham written by Derek Wilson and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the brief reign of the Queen Mary, Walsingham was a Protestant exile in Italy. Returning home when Elizabeth assumed the throne, from 1570 he became a diplomat to the arch-pragmatist Queen. He was often troubled by her inconsistent policy decisions and for allowing the exile in England of Mary Queen of Scots. His triumph came in 1587 when Mary was at last beheaded after the cunning defeat of the Babington plot. A powerful, if enigmatic figure, loathed by his adversaries and deeply admired by friends and allies, Walsingham became the master co-ordinator of a feared pan-European spy network. His spies underpinned his organisation of national resistance to the Spanish Armada, but devotion and duty to Elizabeth was costly and Walsingham died two years later in penury. Historian and storyteller Derek Wilson delves deeply into the life of a fascinating and highly influential figure, bringing us tales of deceit, betrayal and loyalty along the way; popular history of the highest calibre. see www.derekwilson.com

Author : Philip Gray
Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1848256329
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Walsingham Rosary written by Philip Gray and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of Bible readings, meditations and prayers based on each of the mysteries of the Rosary – 20 in all - with each being set specifically at a different place in the vicinity of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. It comes complete with an illustrated guide to praying the Rosary and all the Bible readings and prayers are printed out in full.

Author : Sylvia Federico
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1903153638
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Classicist Writings of Thomas Walsingham written by Sylvia Federico and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2016 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparative reading of the literary works of Thomas Walsingham, highlighting his reaction to contemporary historical events.

Author : Michael Yelton
Publisher : Sacristy Press
ISBN 13 : 1789592259
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alfred Hope Patten and the Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham written by Michael Yelton and published by Sacristy Press. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham and its founder Alfred Hope Patten.