Vintage, 1991, Softcover, Book Condition: Good, First

preface by author, a note on dates, list of abbreviations, to the reader, list of illustrations, texts and notes – five sections, sources and literature and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white illustrations and facsimiles of documents. Colour illustrated card cover with black and blue coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. Creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book panels. Browning of the textblock edges and internal pages. Previous bookseller's sticker to the lower edge of the rear panel. "The decade of the 1580s was the most tense period of the Cold War between Elizabeth I's Protestant England and Philip II's Catholic Spain stop in this ground-breaking work of historical sleuthing, John Bossy uncovers a gripping story of espionage and intrigue. At the centre of the mystery stands Henry Fagot, a previously neglected figure in the shadowy underworld of Elizabethan politics. Who was Henry Fragot? Like a latter-day Sherlock Holmes Bossy reveals his true identity." – From the rear panel blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (7), VIII – XXIX, (2), 2-294, (6) pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Biography; Britain/UK; Medieval 10th to 15thc; History. ISBN: 009914381X. ISBN/EAN: 9780099143819. Inventory No: 0113131.