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Queen Elizabeth's Secret Agents
Gerard Hides from the King and Cecil’s Men
Gerard knows Cecil is searching for him after the failure of the Gunpowder Plot so stays with Eliza in her home at Harrowden Hall. Eventually the King and Cecil’s men come to Eliza’s home to search for them. To keep safe Gerard hides himself in a priest hole, a secret compartment of the house. The house is searched for nine days and Eliza is taken to London accused of sheltering a Catholic priest.
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Cecil exposes the most infamous terrorist threat in British history, the Gunpowder Plot.
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Robert Cecil battles for his spy network and the power to choose the next King of England.
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William Cecil, Elizabeth I’s spy master, discovers a conspiracy to assassinate the Queen.