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In the 16th century, Elizabethan London was uneasy: would France side with Protestant England or with Catholic Europe? This volume describes the espionage operation that was devised to find the answer, and speculates on the identity of the mole in the French ambassador's household.

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"A gripping story of Elizabethan realpolitik revealed in step-by-step detail. Bossy knows more about this intriguing chapter in Elizabethan politics than anyone else and is still finding new and surprising things in it. The book is written with characteristic gusto... One talks of 'close readings' of history, but few get closer than Bossy's." Charles Nicholl, Sunday Times "Bossy's case is most persuasive and his sleuthing is meticulous and exhaustive. He is also a witty writer." Frank McLynn, Literary Review "Bossy tells the story with all his familiar narrative flair." Ralph Houlbrooke, Times Literary Supplement

Under the Molehill An Elizabethan Spy Story

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      Publisher: Yale University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/08/2002
      ISBN13: 9780300094503, 978-0300094503
      ISBN10: 0300094507
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In the 16th century, Elizabethan London was uneasy: would France side with Protestant England or with Catholic Europe? This volume describes the espionage operation that was devised to find the answer, and speculates on the identity of the mole in the French ambassador's household.

      Trade Review
      "A gripping story of Elizabethan realpolitik revealed in step-by-step detail. Bossy knows more about this intriguing chapter in Elizabethan politics than anyone else and is still finding new and surprising things in it. The book is written with characteristic gusto... One talks of 'close readings' of history, but few get closer than Bossy's." Charles Nicholl, Sunday Times "Bossy's case is most persuasive and his sleuthing is meticulous and exhaustive. He is also a witty writer." Frank McLynn, Literary Review "Bossy tells the story with all his familiar narrative flair." Ralph Houlbrooke, Times Literary Supplement

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