Espionage, Diplomacy & the Lodge

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Espionage, Diplomacy & the Lodge is written by Ric Berman and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0995756805 (ISBN 10) and 9780995756809 (ISBN 13).

'Espionage, Diplomacy & the Lodge' is one of Ric Berman's most recent works. The book unveils one of eighteenth-century Britain's least known but most influential figures - Charles Delafaye, under-secretary of state, spymaster, investigating magistrate and freemason. Delafaye was a member of the elite Horn Tavern lodge in London and at the centre of the government's inner circle for some two decades. He was a key conduit for intelligence from the Secret Department of the Post Office and the decrypters and code-breakers within its deciphering branch, and central to the measures taken against the Jacobite supporters of James Stuart, 'the king over the water'. Ric Berman provides a unique glimpse into Britain's early secret service operations and explains for the first time the cross-over between freemasonry, espionage and diplomacy.