Spies in show business
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Hamlet - A Great Example of the Difference Between an Effective and Inefficient Intelligence Service
Shakespeare wrote about spies and intrigue in his play hamlet. John darland was the favourite lutinist, a lute player, at the court of christian the fourth. The gunpowder plot is an example of how intelligence standards slipped after queen elizabeth's death. A man who had hidden explosive beneath the house of lords tried to blow it up.
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