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Author:

Akkerman, Nadine, author.

Title:

Invisible agents : women and espionage in seventeenth-century Britain / Nadine Akkerman.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xxii, 264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Women spies--Great Britain--History--17th century.
Women--Great Britain--History--17th century.
Espionage, British--Great Britain--History--17th century.
England.
Espionage, British.
Women.
Women spies.
Great Britain.
1600-1699
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9780198823018
0198823010

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1012500208

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)