Spycraft (book)
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| Author | Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman |
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| Publisher | Yale University Press |
Publication date | 25 June 2024 |
| Pages | 368 |
| ISBN | 9780300267549 |
Spycraft: Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration is a 2024 non fiction book by Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman, published by Yale University Press.
Spycraft was praised by Jonathan Bate in The Daily Telegraph as "an intriguing study ... of the mechanics of Elizabethan and Jacobean espionage" which is "anything but stodgy and over-long".[1] In the Literary Review Peter Davidson wrote that "Spycraft is an excellent book, accessibly written, profoundly researched, cleverly illustrated and immensely readable."[2] while for Harper's Magazine Dan Piepenbring commended it as "a diverting history and how-to manual".[3] Writing in the New Statesman Pippa Bailey concludes that "Most enjoyable of all is the epilogue of instructions for invisible inks, codes and poisons".[4]
References
- ^ Bate, Jonathan (18 June 2024). "Forget 007 – England's wildest spies were the Elizabethans". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Peter, Davidson (June 2024). "Our Man in Fotheringhay". Literary Review. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Piepenbring, Dan (June 2024). "New Books". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Bailey, Pippa (12 June 2024). "From Simon Lister to Violet Moller: new books reviewed in short". New Statesman. Retrieved 18 June 2024.