书目

Her Majesty's Spymaster

内容简介

QueenElizabethIandEngland’sFirstSpymasterSirFrancisWalsingham’sofficialtitlewasprincipalsecretarytoQueenElizabethI,butinfactthispious,tight-lippedPuritanwasEngland’sfirstspymaster.Aruthless,fiercelyloyalcivilservant,WalsinghamworkedbrilliantlybehindthescenestofoilElizabeth’srivalMaryQueenofScotsandoutwitCatholicSpainandFrance,whichhadarrayedtheirforcesbehindher.ThoughhecutanincongruousfigureinElizabeth’sworldlycourt,WalsinghammanagedtowinthetrustofkeyplayerslikeWilliamCecilandtheEarlofLeicesterbeforelaunchinghisownsecretcampaignagainstthequeen’senemies.CovertoperationswereWalsingham’sgenius;hepioneeredtechniquesforexploitingdoubleagents,spreadingdisinformation,anddecipheringcodeswiththelatestcode-breakingsciencethatremainstaplesofinternationalespionage.

作者简介

STEPHENBUDIANSKY,journalistandmilitaryhistorian,istheauthorofninebooksabouthistory,science,andnature,includingBattleofWits:TheCompleteStoryofCodebreakinginWorldWarII.HepublishesfrequentlyintheNewYorkTimesandtheWashingtonPostandcurrentlyservesasacorrespondentforTheAtlanticMonthly.

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