{"product_id":"elizabethan-espionage-plotters-and-spies-in-the-struggle-between-catholicism-and-the-crown-9781476662558","title":"Elizabethan Espionage: Plotters and Spies in the Struggle Between Catholicism and the Crown","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Patrick H. Martin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. This Jesuit-connected network secretly transmitted intelligence to Brussels, Antwerp, Madrid and Rome. Its central figure was William Sterrell, a brilliant Oxford philosopher. Sterrell moved at the highest levels of government, working for the ill-fated Earl of Essex and for the powerful 4th Earl of Worcester, secret sponsor of the Jesuits. This is the story of Sterrell's secret network--undetected for 400 years--brought to life in vivid detail, based on close examination of hundreds of original letters and documents never before transcribed or published.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46479573647511,"sku":"9781476662558","price":2876.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476662558.jpg?v=1766304030","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/elizabethan-espionage-plotters-and-spies-in-the-struggle-between-catholicism-and-the-crown-9781476662558","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}