{"product_id":"espionage-diplomacy-the-lodge-charles-delafaye-and-the-secret-department-of-the-post-office-9780995756809","title":"Espionage, Diplomacy \u0026 the Lodge: Charles Delafaye and The Secret Department of the Post Office","description":"Espionage, Diplomacy \u0026amp; the Lodge is one of Ric Berman's most important works. The book unveils Charles Delafaye, one of eighteenth-century Britain's least known but most influential figures, a senior under-secretary of state, investigating magistrate, anti-Jacobite spymaster and leading 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 also 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 supporters of James Stuart, 'the king over the water'. Berman provides a unique glimpse into Britain's early secret intelligence service and outlines for the first time the interconnections between freemasonry, espionage and diplomacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ric Berman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Old Stables Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780995756809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr Richard (Ric) Berman is the author of The Foundations of Modern Freemasonry; Schism, a discussion of the origins of Antients Freemasonry; and Espionage, Diplomacy \u0026amp; the Lodge. His work on American freemasonry includes Loyalists \u0026amp; Malcontents, now in its second edition, which looks at the origins of freemasonry in South Carolina and Georgia, and From Roanoke to Raleigh, which takes a fresh look at how freemasonry developed in North Carolina. Ric holds a Masters in Economics from the University of Cambridge and a Doctorate in History from the University of Exeter. He continued his research at the University of Oxford's Modern European History Research Centre and is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University. Ric was appointed Prestonian Lecturer for 2016 and his lecture - published and now in its second edition, sets the context for the 300th anniversary of the Grand Lodge of England. Born in London, Ric lives with his family in Oxfordshire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Stables Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40591510765683,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":28.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_a7a242ba-9c87-485b-8ffc-381bc223b157.jpg?v=1668869516","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/espionage-diplomacy-the-lodge-charles-delafaye-and-the-secret-department-of-the-post-office-9780995756809","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}