The book introduces players who will be new to many readers but also provides fresh perspectives on figures as familiar as Aphra Behn, Anne Halkett, and Charles I.
In contrast, Parliamentary spies were on the Council of State's payroll, sometimes as nurses.
As Akkerman shows, Royalists were more willing to rely on women than Parliamentarians, and Royalist spies tended to be of relatively high status, so they were on equal footing with their handlers.
This richly illustrated, scrupulously researched book offers case studies of six Royalist spies, as well as a chapter on women who worked on the parliamentary side.
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