The Walsingham Gambit

Deception, Entrapment, and Execution of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots

R. Kent Tiernan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

286 Seiten

2022
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4702-3 (ISBN)

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Through the lens of a contemporary deception model, The Walsingham Gambit describes how the English deception planners led by Sir Francis Walsingham designed, engineered, and executed a complex seven-year operation to expand Queen Elizabeth I’s power by ending the life of Mary, Queen of Scots.

The Walsingham Gambit provides the reader with a new and unique insight into the hidden history associated with the regicide of Mary, Queen of Scots. This hidden history is revealed in great detail by R. Kent Tiernan, who describes how the English deception planners led by Sir Francis Walsingham designed, engineered, and executed a complex seven-year operation to expand Queen Elizabeth I’s power by ending Mary’s life. Tiernan presents a counterintelligence analytical approach utilizing conspiracies and deception between two religious mortal enemies. Historians have explained what happened during this tumultuous period, but this book tells how it happened. Whether interested in history or deception, the reader will be well rewarded with an enhanced understanding of both. This book is a timeless must read for anyone interested in how Mary Stuart was entrapped by Walsingham’s gambit.

R. Kent Tiernan (B.A. in history, Stanford; M.A. in Western European Area Studies) served as an intelligence officer for the United States Air Force. He was also an assistant professor of history at the United States Air Force Academy.

Part One (1560–1579)

1. Exit the Old Order - Enter the New Chaos

2. “Elizabeth Ascending”

3. The Worst of Times

4. Becoming the Fox

5. Elizabeth’s Eyes and Ears

Part Two (1580–1582)

6. Looking Back

7. Deception Roadmap

8. Looking Ahead

9. “A Sign from God”

10. It’s About Time!

11. “Devil In the Details”

Part Three (1583–1585)

12. Fired Up and Ready to Go

13. Unleashing the ‘Leash’

14. “Only Time Will Tell”

15. Points of Failure

Part Four (1585–1586)

16. Preparing the “Coup de Grace”

17. Running the Conspirators to Ground

Part Five (1587–1590)

18. “The End is My Beginning”

19. “The Queen is Dead Long Live the Queen!”

20. “Softly Into the Light”

Epilogue

Postscript

Acknowledgments

Appendices

Appendix A Deception Planner/Intelligence Analyst Insights

Appendix B Lingering Questions and Their Implications

Appendix C Walsingham’s Intelligence Organization

Appendix D Countering the Catholic Threat

Appendix E Facts, Fiction, and Inferences

Appendix F Chronology of Catholic and Protestant Events

Appendix G Chronology of Significant Deception Plan Execution Events

Appendix H Walsingham’s Deception Capabilities Flow Chart

Appendix I Walsingham’s Role in Defeating the Babington Plot

Erscheinungsdatum	17.08.2022
Vorwort	John J. Dziak
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 236 mm
Gewicht	572 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	1-7936-4702-X / 179364702X
ISBN-13	978-1-7936-4702-3 / 9781793647023
Zustand	Neuware