The Watchers
A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I
by Stephen Alford
416 pages· 2012· ISBN 9780141930848
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The enthralling story of the dark side of Elizabethan rule - its spies, secret agents and informers - from Stephen Alford, dubbed the John le Carré of Tudor history SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2012 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.
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