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The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I
By Alford, Stephen
- ISBN
- 978-1-60819-009-6
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury, dist. by Macmillan
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Reviewed on September 15, 2012 | Elizabeth Intrigue
Literature regarding Elizabethan espionage often focuses a very bright spotlight on the riveting figure of Queen Elizabeth’s “spymaster,” Sir Francis Walsingham. However, Alford (history, Kings Coll., Univ. of Cambridge; Burghley: William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I), who already has several Tudor histories under his belt, has given readers a more holistic view of the intelligence-gathering personnel and processe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
