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Queen Elizabeth's Secret Agents
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This series uncovers the secret state that helped keep Queen Elizabeth in power for over 40 years. During a time when Britain was divided, unstable and violent, the world's first secret service was born. Run by William and Robert Cecil, this father and son team had the duty of protecting the Queen and the Country.
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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.