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The acclaimed and enthralling story of the dark side of Elizabethan rule, from
Stephen Alford n n Elizabeth I\'s reign is known as a golden age, yet to much of Europe she was a \'Jezebel\' and heretic who had to be destroyed. The
Watchers is a thrilling portrayal of the secret state that sought to protect the Queen; a shadow world of spies, codebreakers, agent provocateurs and confidence-men who would stop at nothing to defend the realm. n n Reviews: n n \'Forget Le Carre, Deighton and the rest - this is more enthralling than any modern spy fiction\' Daily Telegraph n n \'Absorbing and closely documented ...
Alford vividly evokes this murky world of codes, ciphers, invisible ink, intercepted letters, aliases, disguises, forgeries and instructions to burn after reading ... flowing narrative [and] crisp judments ... engrossing\' Guardian n n \'[
Alford] has brought a dash of le Carre to the 16th century\' The Times (Book of the Week) n n \'A vivid and staggeringly well-researched portrait of the sinister side of Elizabethan England ... This is a spectacular book. It sheds new light on plots that most historians have ceased to explore and brings less famous conspiracies to the attention of the general reading public\' Herald n n \'Fascinating ... If you want to know the inside story of this struggle, the dark heart of calculation and the fight for survival, then this is the book to read. I know no better\' Spectator n n About the author: n n
Stephen Alford is the author of the acclaimed biography Burghley: William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He taught for fifteen years at Cambridge University, where he was a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of History and a Fellow of King\'s College. He is now Professor of Early Modern British History in the University of Leeds. n
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