Keith Simpson's Summer Reading List Recommendations. Her study Invisible Agents Women and Espionage in Seventeenth Century Britain (OUP) makes for a fascinating read.' 'It would be easy for the modern reader to conclude that women had no place in the world of early modern espionage, but Nadine Akkerman through extensive archival research demonstrates the role of women spies and agents. A triumph of scholarly rigour, original thinking and crisp prose. Novelists and film-makers will be plundering the extraordinary stories she has uncovered with forensic skill for years to come.’ ‘ Invisible Agents is a work of deep scholarship that suggests Akkerman would have made an excellent spy catcher.
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