Robert Cecil, statesman and spymaster, lived through an astonishingly threatening period in Engli...

This book offers a reappraisal of the kingship and politics of the reign of Edward VI, the third ...

A reappraisal of the reign of Henry VIII's son, Edward VI (1547 1553).

An alternative account of the so-called 'succession crisis' in the first decade of the reign of E...

An alternative account of the so-called 'succession crisis' in the first decade of the reign of E...

Stephen Alford is the author of the acclaimed biography Burghley: William Cecil at the Court of E...

Stephen Alford is the author of the highly acclaimed The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign ...

Los Angeles Times Book Prize FinalistFrom historian Stephen Alford, author of The Watchers, the d...

A revealing and provocative study of Elizabeth's closest adviser, portraying him as the driving f...

'Alford triumphs... in recreating the historical moment. By immersing himself in Cecil's vast arc...

The enthralling story of the dark side of Elizabeth I's rule. It's a beautifully written, surpris...