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Stephen Alford FRHistS (born 1970) is a British historian and academic. He has been professor of early modern British history at the University of Leeds since 2012. Educated at the University of St Andrews, he was formerly a British Academy Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge (1997–99) and junior research fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and, between 1999 and 2012, a fellow in history at King's College, Cambridge. He has been a fellow of the Royal Historical Society since 2000. ...more

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	The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I 3.66 avg rating — 962 ratings — published 2012 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edward VI: The Last Boy King 3.67 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All His Spies: The Secret World of Robert Cecil 3.83 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	London's Triumph: Merchants, Adventurers, and Money in Shakespeare's City 3.92 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 2017 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burghley: William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I 4.32 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spies in History: From the Ancient World to the Silver Screen by Stephen Alford, Stephen Alford (Contributor), Jessica Frazier (Contributor) 2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Early Elizabethan Polity: William Cecil and the British Succession Crisis, 1558–1569 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Governance of England 1529-1641 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[Watchers] [By: Alford, Stephen] [November, 2012] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Any state that justifies and defends the use of torture claims for itself special rights over any other consideration.”
― Stephen Alford, The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I

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“The Great Armada of Spain was probably the worst-kept secret in sixteenth-century Europe. Philip’s government was notoriously leaky; indeed some of the king’s most secret planning was known in the states of Italy, long skilled at gathering foreign”
― Stephen Alford, The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I

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“In a book by one Protestant theologian”
― Stephen Alford, The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I

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The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

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The Tudor Brandons: Mary and Charles - Henry VIII's Nearest & Dearest by Sarah-Beth Watkins

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Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery by Eric Ives

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The Locksmith's Daughter by Karen Brooks

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A Dead Man in Deptford by Anthony Burgess

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London's Triumph: Merchants, Adventurers, and Money in Shakespeare's City by Stephen Alford

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Pour the Dark Wine by Dinah Lampitt

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Her Highness' First Murder by Peg Herring

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