Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593)
Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593)
Summary
Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593), is the biography of William Ashby, Elizabethan spy and diplomat who was ambassador to Scotland during the Spanish Armada, provides fresh social, political and foreign policy insights from the perspective of a gentleman spy who took part in some of the most important events of his time.
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Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593) by Timothy Ashby
Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593) is the biography of William Ashby, Elizabethan intelligence agent and diplomat who served as ambassador to Scotland during the Spanish Armada crisis. It provides a fresh social, political and foreign policy insight from the perspective of a gentleman spy who took part in some of the most important events of his time. Much of the book is focused on the Anglo-Scottish geo-political relationship during the decade of 1580-1590, with its machinations and bizarre background stories. Prior to Ashby’s ambassadorial appointment, he served as a senior ‘intelligencer’ for Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth’s spymaster."[A] fascinating, exciting, and at times all too familiar tale of political conspiracies, double agents, personal rivalries and the perennial quest, by states and by individuals, for power and control..Tim Ashby is to be commended on this excellent tribute to his distant relative, which is also an illuminating account of life in Tudor and Stuart times."—The Edinburgh Reporter
Dr Timothy Ashby has held two Top Secret security clearances and served as a senior government official, lawyer and international businessman. A graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, he is the author of five books, including the hardcover non-fiction work The Bear in the Back Yard: Moscow’s Caribbean Strategy and over 100 articles on history and international relations in Harvard International Review, RUSI Journal, US Naval Institute Proceedings, and Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, 1984. He also published three historical mystery novels – Time Fall, Devil’s Den and In Shadowland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910895597 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910895598 |
| Title | Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593) |
| Author | Timothy Ashby |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Scotland Street Press |
| Year published | 2022-03-30 |
| Number of pages | 429 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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