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03096aam a2200421Ii 4500 001 2FE69D122E9411E9B5CB1E4197128E48 003 SILO 005 20190212010150 008 171123t20182018enkaf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780198823018 020 $a 0198823010 035 $a (OCoLC)1012500208 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d L2U $d QGE $d GUA $d OCLCF $d JHE $d NGU $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 4 $a UB271.G7 $b A55 2018 082 04 $a 327.1241 $2 23 100 1 $a Akkerman, Nadine, $e author. 245 10 $a Invisible agents : $b women and espionage in seventeenth-century Britain / $c Nadine Akkerman. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Oxford, United Kingdom : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2018. 300 $a xxii, 264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a A compelling history of women in seventeenth century espionage, telling the forgotten tales of women from all walks of life who acted as spies in early modern Britain. Nadine Akkerman has immersed herself in archives and letter collections, acting as a modern-day spymistress to unearth plots and conspiracies that have long been hidden by history. 505 0 $a Introduction: Invisible agents, she-intelligencers or spies invisible by birth -- Ciphered pillow talk with King Charles I in prison, 1646-9: 'intrigues, which at that time could be best managed and carried on by ladies' -- The credibility and archival silence of she-intelligencers: women on the Council of State's payroll -- Susan Hyde, a spy's gendered fate and punishment: hide and seek the sealed knot -- Elizabeth Murray, loyal subject, lover, or double agent? Rumour, hearsay, and the Sins of the Father -- Elizabeth Murray's continental foray: incompetence, invisible inks, and internal wrangling -- Elizabeth Carey, Lady Mordaunt: the 'enigma' of the Great Trust -- Anne, Lady Halkett's 'true accountt': a married woman is never to blame -- Aphra Behn's letters from Antwerp, July 1666-April 1667: intelligence reports or epistolary fiction? -- Epilogue: Invisibility and Blanck Marshall, the nameless and genderless agent: spies are best disguised as women. 650 0 $a Women spies $z Great Britain $x History $y 17th century. 650 0 $a Women $z Great Britain $x History $y 17th century. 650 0 $a Espionage, British $z Great Britain $x History $y 17th century. 651 7 $a England. $0 (NL-LeOCL)078497531 $2 gtt 650 7 $a Espionage, British. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00915390 650 7 $a Women. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01176568 650 7 $a Women spies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01178571 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 648 7 $a 1600-1699 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Electronic version: $a Akkerman, Nadine. $t Invisible agents. $b First edition. $d Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018 $z 9780192555830 $w (OCoLC)1042329535 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214015849.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2FE69D122E9411E9B5CB1E4197128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search