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Book of the Week: John Cooper - The Queen's Agent: Francis Walsingham at the Court of Elizabeth I

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The Queen's Agent: Francis Walsingham at the Court of Elizabeth I

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John Cooper - The Queen's Agent: Francis Walsingham at the Court of Elizabeth I

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Walsingham is now focused on the marriage of Queen Elizabeth I.

The Queen's secretary and spymaster focuses on a royal wedding to settle succession and protect her. Read by Hugh Bonneville.

Written by John Cooper. Abridged by Libby Spurrier.

Walsingham, principal secretary and spymaster to Elizabeth I, is focussed on a royal wedding, to settle the question of succession and the threat from Catholic dissidents.

The Queen's Agent is a story of secret agents, cryptic codes and ingenious plots, set in a turbulent period of England's history. It is also the story of a man devoted to his queen, sacrificing his every waking hour to save the threatened English state. 

Reader: Hugh Bonneville


Producer: Joanna Green
A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.

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A story of secret agents, set in a turbulent period of England's history

A story of secret agents, cryptic codes and ingenious plots, set in a turbulent period of England's history

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