People/CharactersGirault de la Chassaigne

People/Characters by cover

Works (2)

Titles	Order
Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair by John Bossy
Under the Molehill: An Elizabethan Spy Story by John Bossy	butler of Michel de Castelnau

Character description

Description

Girault de la Chassaigne was the butler to Michel de Castelnau, Sieur de la Mauvissière, French ambassador to England. He also, with René Leduc, another servant, imported forbidden Catholic books from France to England, and sent surplus church furniture from England to France.

from John Bossy, Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair

Related awards

Crime Writers' Association Awards

Wolfson History Prize

Related places

London, England, UK

Helpers

PuddinTame (11), DisassemblyOfReason (2), AnnaClaire (1), GwynethM (1)

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