Spycraft: Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration

A fascinating exploration of the devious tricks and ingenious tools used by early modern spies-from ciphers to counterfeiting, invisible inks to assassination



Early modern Europe was a hotbed of espionage, where spies, spy-catchers, and conspirators pitted their wits against each other in deadly games of hide and seek. Theirs was a dangerous trade-only those who mastered the latest techniques would survive.



In this engaging, accessible account, Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman explore the m...