02445cam a2200325 4500 1885650860 TxAuBib 20250126120000.0 200911s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2020045246 9781501154690 1501154699 TxAuBib Clements, Oliver. The eyes of the queen / Oliver Clements. First Leopolds & Co/Atria Books hardcover edition. New York : Leopoldo & Co, Atria, 2020. 291 pages ; 24 cm. agents of the crown novel, An ; 1 In this first novel in the Agents of the Crown series, a man who will become the original MI6 agent protects England and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth I from Spain's nefarious plan to crush the Age of the Enlightenment. After centuries locked in an endless cycle of poverty, persecution, and barbarity, Europe has finally emerged into the Age of Enlightenment. Scientists, philosophers, scholars, and poets alike believe this to be a new era of reason and hope for all. But the forces of darkness haven't completely dissipated, as Spain hunts and butchers any who dare to defy its ironclad Catholic orthodoxy. Only one nation can fight the black shadow that threatens this new age, and that is Britain, now ruled by a brilliant young Queen Elizabeth I. But although she may be brave and headstrong, Elizabeth knows she cannot win this war simply by force of arms. After her armies have been slashed in half, her treasury is on its knees. Elizabeth needs a new kind of weapon forged to fight a new kind of war, in which stealth and secrecy, not bloodshed, are the means. In this tense situation, Her Majesty's Secret Service is born with the charismatic John Dee at its head. A scholar, a soldier, and an alchemist, Dee is loyal only to the truth and to his Queen. And for her, the woman he's forbidden from loving, he is prepared to risk his life. 20250126. Dee, John 1527-1608 Fiction. Elizabeth I Queen of England 1533-1603 Fiction. Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603 Fiction. Historical fiction. fast Spy fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) lcgft An agents of the crown novel ; 1. LAKCL