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Queen Elizabeth's Secret Agents
Elizabeth Spends Her Life in Little Rooms
Elizabeth feels like she has spent all her life in little rooms, in a world of spies and conspiracies where she feels as if she never safe and danger is all around. Cecil is partly responsible for this. As he tries to keep her protected he also shields her away from the world to have her manageable and contained.
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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.