Lisa Hilton

Lisa Hilton is a British writer of history books, historical fiction, articles for magazines and newspapers including Vogue and The Sunday Telegraph, librettist, and as L.S. Hilton, psychological thrillers Maestra, Domina and Ultima. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2024.

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QUEEN ELIZABETH'S SECRET AGENTS · S1, E1

Episode 1

William Cecil, Queen Elizabeth I’s spy master, intercepts a conspiracy to assassinate the Queen. When he discovers that Elizabeth’s own cousin, Mary Queen of Scots is behind the plot, he lays a trap to capture and execute her.
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S SECRET AGENTS · S1, E2

Episode 2

Elizabeth’s enemies grow in strength but Robert Cecil, her spymaster, also fights an enemy within. An ambitious aristocrat is trying to takeover his network. At stake is control over the ageing Queen and the power to choose the next King of England.
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S SECRET AGENTS · S1, E3

Episode 3

England has a new monarch, King James I, and Elizabeth’s former spymaster, Robert Cecil, faces his toughest test. A group of religious extremists’ plan to blow-up the Houses of Parliament with the King inside – what we call the Gunpowder Plot.