Episode 2
The Queen's secretary and spymaster focuses on a royal wedding to settle succession and protect her. Read by Hugh Bonneville.
Written by John Cooper. Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
Walsingham, principal secretary and spymaster to Elizabeth I, is focussed on a royal wedding, to settle the question of succession and the threat from Catholic dissidents.
The Queen's Agent is a story of secret agents, cryptic codes and ingenious plots, set in a turbulent period of England's history. It is also the story of a man devoted to his queen, sacrificing his every waking hour to save the threatened English state.
Reader: Hugh Bonneville
Producer: Joanna Green
A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.
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Tue 27 Sep 201109:45BBC Radio 4 FM- Wed 28 Sep 201100:30BBC Radio 4
- Tue 9 Aug 201614:45BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 10 Aug 201602:45BBC Radio 4 Extra
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