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082	0	0	_a327.42 BUD
100	1		_aBudiansky, Stephen
245	1	0	_aHer Majesty's spymaster _b: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the birth of modern espionage _c/ Stephen Budiansky.
260			_aNew York _b: Viking _c, 2005.
300			_axvii, 235 p., [8] p. of plates _b: ill. _c; 22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [231]-235).
520			_aA staunch Puritan, sober in dress, Sir Francis Walsingham must, ironically, have stood out in the flamboyant court of Elizabethan England. What distinguished him was not only his dress; as Budiansky succinctly puts it, "he knew how to shut up." This narrative recounts Walsingham's growth from Protestant expatriate to English ambassador to France, principal secretary, privy councilor, and untitled spymaster for Elizabeth I, engaging in operations related to her rivalry with Mary, Queen of Scots, and to the Catholic countries of Spain and France. Walsingham's discretion was so complete that he took to his grave many of his intelligence-gathering methods, which had helped make England a major player on the world stage. Nonetheless, Budiansky (Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II), a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly, shows that this man was responsible for forging many espionage techniques that carry into our own era (e.g., codebreaking, double agents). Budiansky's prose is peppered with a wry wit that makes the book a pure joy to read. A chronology of events, a list of relevant names, and a brief discussion of the language, money, and calendar of the period make for helpful additions to the character-rich tale.
600	1	0	_aWalsingham, Francis _c, Sir _d, 1530?-1590
600	0	0	_aElizabeth _bI _c, Queen of England _d, 1533-1603
650		4	_aEspionage _z-Great Britain _x-History
651			_aGreat Britain _x-History _y-Elizabeth, 1558-1603
651		4	_aGreat Britain _x-History _y-Elizabeth, 1558-1603 _v--Biography
651			_aGreat Britain _x-Foreign relations
651		4	_aFrance _x-History _y-House of Valois, 1328-1589
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