Title: Elizabethan Espionage
Description: "In the wake of the 1588 destruction of the Spanish Armada, English Catholics launched an ingenious counterespionage effort to undermine the Tudor government's anti-Catholic machinations. Queen Elizabeth long maintained spies and provocateurs among English Catholic exiles. Walsingham, her principal secretary, used treachery to foster plots against the queen to justify harsh measures against Catholics"--
Subjects: Espionage, british, Spies, Great britain, history, elizabeth, 1558-1603, Great britain, foreign relations, Great britain, politics and government, 1485-1603, History, British Espionage, Foreign relations, Politics and government, Diplomatic relations