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Invisible Agents
Women and Espionage in Seventeenth-Century Britain
Taschenbuch von Nadine Akkerman
Sprache: Englisch

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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.
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.
Über den Autor
Nadine Akkerman is Reader in early modern English Literature at Leiden University and Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. She is author of the critically acclaimed Invisible Agents: Women and Espionage in Seventeenth-Century Britain (OUP), and of The Correspondence of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (OUP), the third and final volume of which will be published in 2020, and is currently writing the definitive biography of Elizabeth Stuart. She has also published extensively on women's history, diplomacy, and masques, and curated several exhibitions, including the popular Courtly Rivals at the Haags Historisch Museum. In 2017 she was elected to The Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and received a Special Recognition Award from the World Cultural Council.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction: Invisible Agents, She-Intelligencers, or Spies Invisible by Birth

  • 1. Ciphered Pillow Talk with Charles I in Prison, 1646-1649: 'intrigues, which at that time could be best managed and carried on by ladies'

  • 2. The Credibility and Archival Silence of She-Intelligencers: Women on the Council of State's Payroll

  • 3. Susan Hyde. a Spy's Gendered Fate Punishment: Hide and Seek the Sealed Knot

  • 4.I Elizabeth Murray, Loyal Subject, Lover or Double Agent?: Rumour, Hearsay and the Sins of the Father

  • 4.II Elizabeth Murray's Continental Foray: Incompetence, Invisible Inks, and Internal Wrangling

  • 5. Elizabeth Carey, Lady Mordaunt: The 'Enigma' of the Great Trust

  • 6. Anne, Lady Halkett's 'True Accountt': A Married Woman Is Never to Blame

  • 7. 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

  • Bibliography

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 288
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198849421
ISBN-10: 0198849427
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Akkerman, Nadine
Hersteller: Oxford University Press, USA
Maße: 233 x 149 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Nadine Akkerman
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.03.2020
Gewicht: 0,38 kg
preigu-id: 118042338
Über den Autor
Nadine Akkerman is Reader in early modern English Literature at Leiden University and Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. She is author of the critically acclaimed Invisible Agents: Women and Espionage in Seventeenth-Century Britain (OUP), and of The Correspondence of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (OUP), the third and final volume of which will be published in 2020, and is currently writing the definitive biography of Elizabeth Stuart. She has also published extensively on women's history, diplomacy, and masques, and curated several exhibitions, including the popular Courtly Rivals at the Haags Historisch Museum. In 2017 she was elected to The Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and received a Special Recognition Award from the World Cultural Council.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction: Invisible Agents, She-Intelligencers, or Spies Invisible by Birth

  • 1. Ciphered Pillow Talk with Charles I in Prison, 1646-1649: 'intrigues, which at that time could be best managed and carried on by ladies'

  • 2. The Credibility and Archival Silence of She-Intelligencers: Women on the Council of State's Payroll

  • 3. Susan Hyde. a Spy's Gendered Fate Punishment: Hide and Seek the Sealed Knot

  • 4.I Elizabeth Murray, Loyal Subject, Lover or Double Agent?: Rumour, Hearsay and the Sins of the Father

  • 4.II Elizabeth Murray's Continental Foray: Incompetence, Invisible Inks, and Internal Wrangling

  • 5. Elizabeth Carey, Lady Mordaunt: The 'Enigma' of the Great Trust

  • 6. Anne, Lady Halkett's 'True Accountt': A Married Woman Is Never to Blame

  • 7. 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

  • Bibliography

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 288
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198849421
ISBN-10: 0198849427
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Akkerman, Nadine
Hersteller: Oxford University Press, USA
Maße: 233 x 149 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Nadine Akkerman
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.03.2020
Gewicht: 0,38 kg
preigu-id: 118042338
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