Excerpt from The Correspondence of Robert Bowes, of Aske, Esquire: The Ambassador of Queen Elizabeth in the Court of Scotland Shortly after the battle of Flodden, King Henry the Eighth, taking advantage of the disorganized state of Scotland, laid the foundation of a system of diplo matic espionage, which was afterwards matured by his daughter, Queen Elizabeth. The English ambas sador, resident at the Scottish court, was employed not only in watching over the public interests of his master, but also in forming and ...
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Excerpt from The Correspondence of Robert Bowes, of Aske, Esquire: The Ambassador of Queen Elizabeth in the Court of Scotland Shortly after the battle of Flodden, King Henry the Eighth, taking advantage of the disorganized state of Scotland, laid the foundation of a system of diplo matic espionage, which was afterwards matured by his daughter, Queen Elizabeth. The English ambas sador, resident at the Scottish court, was employed not only in watching over the public interests of his master, but also in forming and maintaining within that kingdom a party of the nobility and gentry, many of whom were in the pay of the English sovereign. The correspondence of these agents - much of which has come down to us - shows that in general they possessed considerably more tact than honesty, and that they had to deal with persons whose principles and practices were of the most questionable character; from this source we gain a more accurate insight into the affairs of that kingdom than we could probably derive from any other class of documents. One of these ambassadors was *robert Bowes, of Aske, Esq. And he filled that situation under circumstances of more than ordinary difficulty, and therefore of more than usual interest. It was important that the youthful James the Sixth should be under Elizabeth's influence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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First edition, (hardback). 8vo (23cm by 15cm), xxxvi, 588pp. Original green cloth, gilt titling to the spine. The preliminary pages are lightly foxed, there is a reference library bookplate to the front pastedown, and many pages are unopened. Overall, this copy is in good to very good condition. Publication number 14 of the Surtees Society.
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