![]() ![]() Flying under the radarĪkkerman believes there were more than just the handful of seventeenth century female spies such as Aphra Behn and Elizabeth Murray. She has produced YouTube videos about invisible inks, which you can see in my article on natural invisible ink. I first lapped up her account of the Countess of Taxis’ dark arts intercepting international post and have followed her research ever since.Īkkerman is the world authority on Charles II’s fascinating aunt Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia and has helped unravel the lost security art of letterlocking. ![]() Its complicated politics means there’s a tendency for historians to opt for the time periods either side, either the Civil Wars or the Restoration of Charles II.Īkkerman takes on the period with relish as well as the rest of the seventeenth century. ![]() The Interregnum – the decade after Parliament executed Charles I and ruled England – is a challenge to research. When I saw that even the dedication was written in code, I knew I was in for a treat. Review: Invisible Agents: Women and Espionage in Seventeenth-Century Britain by Dr Nadine AkkermanĪ book on the real-life equivalents of my novel’s Royalist she-spy is Christmas come early. ![]()
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