Oxford University Press, Sachbücher, Invisible Agents (Englisch, Nadine (Reader in early modern English Literature Akker...

Introduction: Invisible Agents, She-Intelligencers, or Spies Invisible by Birth 1 Ciphered Pillow Talk with Charles I in Prison, 1646-1649: 'intrigues, which at that time could be best managed and carried on by ladies' 2 The Credibility and Archival Silence of She-Intelligencers: Women on the Council of State's Payroll 3 Susan Hyde. a Spy's Gendered Fate Punishment: Hide and Seek the Sealed Knot 4:I Elizabeth Murray, Loyal Subject, Lover or Double Agent?: Rumour, Hearsay and the Sins of the Father 4:II Elizabeth Murray's Continental Foray: Incompetence, Invisible Inks, and Internal Wrangling 5 Elizabeth Carey, Lady Mordaunt: The 'Enigma' of the Great Trust 6 Anne, Lady Halkett's 'True Accountt': A Married Woman Is Never to Blame 7 Aphra Behn's Letters from Antwerp, July 1666-April 1667: Intelligence Reports or Epistolary Fiction? Epilogue: Invisibility and Blanck Marshall, the Nameless and Genderless Agent Bibliography Index.