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The Watchers - A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I (Paperback)
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The Watchers - A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I (Paperback)
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List price R321
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The acclaimed and enthralling story of the dark side of Elizabethan
rule, from Stephen Alford 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. Reviews: 'Forget Le
Carre, Deighton and the rest - this is more enthralling than any
modern spy fiction' Daily Telegraph '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 '[Alford]
has brought a dash of le Carre to the 16th century' The Times (Book
of the Week) '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 '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 About the author: 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.
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