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Title: Disappointing Biography
Review: Walsingham is a fascinating subject, his character and talents long overdue for a thoughtful and well-written biography. Sadly, this book is neither. The organization of the book is incomprehensible, and Walsingham comes through as a cardboard character who is secondary to what may be the author's real intent: a major bashing of Elizabeth I. Even that is badly done. Repetitive name-calling (sour virgin, dittering, post-menopausal)is not especially instructive in revisionist history. Despite the author's lack of overview or analysis, however, he does allow the character of this brilliant spy master and diplomat to peek through occasionally, especially in the chapter on Walsingham's fondness for the arts. This man may have been a religious Puritan, but he was not puritanical by any means. For those bits of occasional vitality, I give this book two stars.
