Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593)

Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593), is the biography of William Ashby, Elizabethan spy and diplomat who was ambassador to Scotland during the Spanish Armada, provides fresh social, political and foreign policy insights from the perspective of a gentleman spy who took part in some of the most important events of his time.

About the author

Dr Timothy Ashby has held two Top Secret security clearances and served as a senior government official, lawyer and international businessman. A graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, he is the author of five books, including the hardcover non-fiction work The Bear in the Back Yard: Moscow’s Caribbean Strategy and over 100 articles on history and international relations in Harvard International Review, RUSI Journal, US Naval Institute Proceedings, and Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, 1984. He also published three historical mystery novels – Time Fall, Devil’s Den and In Shadowland.

Summary

Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593), is the biography of William Ashby, Elizabethan spy and diplomat who was ambassador to Scotland during the Spanish Armada, provides fresh social, political and foreign policy insights from the perspective of a gentleman spy who took part in some of the most important events of his time.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Timothy Ashby, Timothy Ashby
• Publisher: BookSource
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781910895597
• ISBN: 978-1-910895-59-7
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 697 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; England, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, Scotland, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, Family history, tracing ancestors, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Espionage & secret services, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Espionage and secret services, Biography: historical, political and military