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William Cecil, Queen Elizabeth I’s spy master, intercepts a conspiracy to assassinate the Queen. When he discovers that Elizabeth’s own cousin, Mary Queen of Scots is behind the plot, he lays a trap to capture and execute her.
Robert Cecil battles for his spy network and the power to choose the next King of England.
Cecil exposes the most infamous terrorist threat in British history, the Gunpowder Plot.
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