Stephen Alford es un historiador y académico británico especializado en la historia británica de la Edad Moderna temprana. Su obra profundiza en momentos y figuras cruciales de esta era, buscando desentrañar sus motivaciones y su impacto posterior. A través de una investigación meticulosa y una narrativa cautivadora, da vida a las complejidades de la sociedad y la política de la época para los lectores. Su enfoque analítico y su énfasis en el contexto histórico hacen de sus escritos un recurso valioso para comprender la historia británica.
Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII, became king at the age of nine and died wholly unexpectedly at the age of fifteen. This book gives full play to the murky, sinister nature of Edward's reign, and also an account of a boy learning to rule, learning to enjoy his growing power and to come out of the shadows of the great aristocrats around him.
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. This title is a portrayal of the secret state that sought to protect the Queen; a shadow world of spies, codebreakers and more.