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Queen Elizabeth's Secret Agents
William and Robert Cecil
With William Cecil banished from Queen Elizabeth I’s court after entrapping and arranging the execution of Mary Queen of Scots his son Robert Cecil waits in the wings to take over his father’s role and inherit his spy network.
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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.