Description
Book SynopsisThe Walsingham Gambit provides the reader with a new and unique insight into the hidden history associated with the regicide of Mary, Queen of Scots. This hidden history is revealed in great detail by R. Kent Tiernan, who describes how the English deception planners led by Sir Francis Walsingham designed, engineered, and executed a complex seven-year operation to expand Queen Elizabeth I’s power by ending Mary’s life. Tiernan presents a counterintelligence analytical approach utilizing conspiracies and deception between two religious mortal enemies. Historians have explained what happened during this tumultuous period, but this book tells how it happened. Whether interested in history or deception, the reader will be well rewarded with an enhanced understanding of both. This book is a timeless must read for anyone interested in how Mary Stuart was entrapped by Walsingham’s gambit.
Table of ContentsPart One (1560–1579)
1. Exit the Old Order - Enter the New Chaos
2. “Elizabeth Ascending”
3. The Worst of Times
4. Becoming the Fox
5. Elizabeth’s Eyes and Ears
Part Two (1580–1582)
6. Looking Back
7. Deception Roadmap
8. Looking Ahead
9. “A Sign from God”
10. It’s About Time!
11. “Devil In the Details”
Part Three (1583–1585)
12. Fired Up and Ready to Go
13. Unleashing the ‘Leash’
14. “Only Time Will Tell”
15. Points of Failure
Part Four (1585–1586)
16. Preparing the “Coup de Grace”
17. Running the Conspirators to Ground
Part Five (1587–1590)
18. “The End is My Beginning”
19. “The Queen is Dead Long Live the Queen!”
20. “Softly Into the Light”
Epilogue
Postscript
Acknowledgments
Appendices
Appendix A Deception Planner/Intelligence Analyst Insights
Appendix B Lingering Questions and Their Implications
Appendix C Walsingham’s Intelligence Organization
Appendix D Countering the Catholic Threat
Appendix E Facts, Fiction, and Inferences
Appendix F Chronology of Catholic and Protestant Events
Appendix G Chronology of Significant Deception Plan Execution Events
Appendix H Walsingham’s Deception Capabilities Flow Chart
Appendix I Walsingham’s Role in Defeating the Babington Plot
