Cromwell's Spy: From the American Colonies to the English Civil War: The Life of George Downing

Cromwell's Spy: From the American Colonies to the English Civil War: The Life of George DowningThe remarkable story of George Downing savvy soldier, politician, diplomat, spy, and one of the most scandalous figures of his era. Judged by contemporaries to be a "perfidious rogue," Sir George Downing rose to prominence during the English Civil War as Oliver Cromwell's chief of military intelligence. In the Interregnum he proved himself a double dealer who bribed and blackmailed his way to diplomatic success across Europe (pioneering the practice

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