Enter a spy

Enter a spy
The plots against Elizabeth failed largely because the attention if details of Francis Walsingham, the Queen's spymaster.
As a 16th century 007 he employed both in England and in Europe who fed back vital information for him.
"Projecters" were the rough equivalent of James Bond. They were often multi lingual, had been recruited from the universities on behalf of the Queen, men like Christopher Marlowe.
Intelligencers were lesser fry who listened at keyhole and behind curtains, passing all sorts of useful gossip to their masters upstairs.
Walsingham's intelligence system was probably better than anything run by any other country at the time.
source ~David Loades and Mei Trow.

Reacties

Populaire posts van deze blog

Open brief aan mijn oudste dochter...

Vraag me niet hoe ik altijd lach

LIVE - Sergey Lazarev - You Are The Only One (Russia) at the Grand Final