{"product_id":"espionage-diplomacy-the-lodge-charles-delafaye-and-the-secret-department-of-the-post-office-9780995756809","title":"Espionage, Diplomacy \u0026 the Lodge: Charles Delafaye and The Secret Department of the Post Office","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ric Berman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Old Stables Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Old Stables Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Modern - 18th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEspionage, Diplomacy \u0026amp; the Lodge is one of Ric Berman's most important works. The book unveils Charles Delafaye, one of eighteenth-century Britain's least known but most influential figures, a senior under-secretary of state, investigating magistrate, anti-Jacobite spymaster and leading freemason. Delafaye was a member of the elite Horn Tavern lodge in London and at the centre of the government's inner circle for some two decades. He was also a key conduit for intelligence from the Secret Department of the Post Office and the decrypters and code-breakers within its deciphering branch, and central to the measures taken against the supporters of James Stuart, 'the king over the water'. Berman provides a unique glimpse into Britain's early secret intelligence service and outlines for the first time the interconnections between freemasonry, espionage and diplomacy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Stables Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45505281491095,"sku":"9780995756809","price":1823.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780995756809.webp?v=1767108797","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/espionage-diplomacy-the-lodge-charles-delafaye-and-the-secret-department-of-the-post-office-9780995756809","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}