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Watchers
A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I
AvStephen Alford
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(2)
147 kr
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The acclaimed and enthralling story of the dark side of Elizabethan rule, from Stephen AlfordElizabeth 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 Carré, 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 Carré 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' SpectatorAbout 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.
Spioner i historien : från antiken till vita duken
AvStephen Alford,Henrik Berggrenm. fl.
Inbunden, Svenska, 2025
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
209 kr
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Vårt intresse för spioner, både verkliga och fiktiva, verkar outtömligt. Men var och när började spioneriets historia och hur har spionagearbetet och hantverket utvecklats genom århundradena?
Spioner i historien är en samling porträtt av några av de mest berömda spionerna, men innehåller även några mindre kända och mer överraskande namn: Rahab, den kananeiska kvinnan i Bibeln som hjälper israeliterna före deras anfall mot Jeriko; Thomas Phelippes, en skicklig kryptoanalytiker och hanterare av hemliga agenter under den elisabetanska tiden och Noël Coward, den berömde dramatikern och sångaren som använde sitt kändisskap för att påverka den amerikanska allmänheten och den politiska opinionen för att hjälpa Storbritannien under andra världskriget.
I den här volymen undersöker historiker, forskare och författare underrättelseverksamhet och spionage genom historien från den antika världen till det kalla kriget och vidare till Putins, Trumps och Xi Jinpings tidsålder. Boken finns även i engelsk utgåva.
Spies in history : from the ancient world to the silver screen
AvStephen Alford,Henrik Berggrenm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
199 kr
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Vårt intresse för spioner, både verkliga och fiktiva, verkar outtömligt. Men var och när började spioneriets historia och hur har spionagearbetet och hantverket utvecklats genom århundradena?
Spies in History är en samling porträtt av några av de mest berömda spionerna, men innehåller även några mindre kända och mer överraskande namn: Rahab, den kananeiska kvinnan i Bibeln som hjälper israeliterna före deras anfall mot Jeriko; Thomas Phelippes, en skicklig kryptoanalytiker och hanterare av hemliga agenter under den elisabetanska tiden och Noël Coward, den berömde dramatikern och sångaren som använde sitt kändisskap för att påverka den amerikanska allmänheten och den politiska opinionen för att hjälpa Storbritannien under andra världskriget. I den här volymen undersöker historiker, forskare och författare underrättelseverksamhet och spionage genom historien från den antika världen till det kalla kriget och vidare till Putins, Trumps och Xi Jinpings tidsålder. Boken finns även i svensk utgåva.
Watchers
A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I
AvStephen Alford
E-bok
Engelska, 2012
108 kr
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'An enthralling account of the murky shadow-world of Elizabethan espionage' Helen Castor, author of She-Wolves'Alford has brought a dash of le Carré to the 16th century' The TimesElizabeth 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.'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
Edward VI (Penguin Monarchs)
The Last Boy King
AvStephen Alford
E-bok
Engelska, 2014
55 kr
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Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII, became king at the age of nine and died wholly unexpectedly at the age of fifteen. All around him loomed powerful men who hoped to use the child to further their own ends, but who were also playing a long game - assuming that Edward would long outlive them and become as commanding a figure as his father had been. Stephen Alford's wonderful book gives full play to the murky, sinister nature of Edward's reign, but is also a poignant 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. England's last child monarch, Edward would have led his country in a quite different direction to the catastrophic one caused by his death.
London's Triumph
Merchant Adventurers and the Tudor City
AvStephen Alford
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
157 kr
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'Consistently illuminating ... Like all the best stories, it is about the timeless tides of power and influence ... trade deals can sometimes be sexy, thrilling and epic' Sinclair McKay, SpectatorLife in Europe was fundamentally changed in the 16th century by the astonishing discoveries of the New World and of direct sea routes to Asia. To start with England was hardly involved and London remained a gloomy, introverted medieval city. But as the century progressed something extraordinary happened.Stephen Alford's evocative, original and fascinating new book uses the same skills that made his widely praised The Watchers so successful, bringing to life the network of merchants, visionaries, crooks and sailors who changed London forever. In a sudden explosion of energy English ships were suddenly found all over the world - trading with Russia and the Levant, exploring Virginia and the Arctic, and fanning out across the Indian Ocean. London's Triumph is above all about the people who made this possible - the families, the guild members, the money-men who were willing to risk huge sums and sometimes their own lives in pursuit of the rare, exotic and desirable. Their ambitions fuelled a new view of the world - initiating a long era of trade and empire, the consequences of which we still live with today.
London's Triumph
Merchant Adventurers and the Tudor City
AvStephen Alford
E-bok
Engelska, 2017
105 kr
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'Consistently illuminating ... Like all the best stories, it is about the timeless tides of power and influence ... trade deals can sometimes be sexy, thrilling and epic' Sinclair McKay, SpectatorLife in Europe was fundamentally changed in the 16th century by the astonishing discoveries of the New World and of direct sea routes to Asia. To start with England was hardly involved and London remained a gloomy, introverted medieval city. But as the century progressed something extraordinary happened.Stephen Alford's evocative, original and fascinating new book uses the same skills that made his widely praised The Watchers so successful, bringing to life the network of merchants, visionaries, crooks and sailors who changed London forever. In a sudden explosion of energy English ships were suddenly found all over the world - trading with Russia and the Levant, exploring Virginia and the Arctic, and fanning out across the Indian Ocean. London's Triumph is above all about the people who made this possible - the families, the guild members, the money-men who were willing to risk huge sums and sometimes their own lives in pursuit of the rare, exotic and desirable. Their ambitions fuelled a new view of the world - initiating a long era of trade and empire, the consequences of which we still live with today.
All His Spies
The Secret World of Robert Cecil
AvStephen Alford
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
172 kr
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From the acclaimed author of The Watchers, the untold story of Robert Cecil - the ultimate Tudor spy-master'Alford triumphs… in recreating the historical moment. By immersing himself in Cecil’s vast archive, he draws the reader deep into his working environment, capturing the closeness of his study and the chaos of the court… this is turn-of-century England as it really was – dangerous, gritty, on a knife edge' - The Times *Shortlisted for the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2025*Robert Cecil, statesman and spymaster, lived through an astonishingly threatening period in English history. Queen Elizabeth had no clear successor and enemies both external and internal threatened to destroy England as a Protestant state, most spectacularly with the Spanish Armada and the Gunpowder Plot.Cecil stood at the heart of the Tudor and then Stuart state, a vital figure in managing the succession from Elizabeth I to James I & VI, warding off military and religious threats and steering the decisions of two very different but equally wilful and hard-to-manage monarchs. The promising son of Queen Elizabeth’s chief minister Lord Burghley, for Cecil there was no choice but politics, and he became supremely skilled in the arts of power, making many rivals and enemies.All His Spies is a wonderfully engaging and original work of history. Many readers are familiar with the great events of this tumultuous time, but All His Spies shows how easily these dramas could have turned out very differently. Cecil’s sureness of purpose, his espionage network and good luck all conspired to keep England uninvaded and to create a new ‘British’ monarchy which has endured to the present day.
All His Spies
The Secret World of Robert Cecil
AvStephen Alford
E-bok
Engelska, 2024
122 kr
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From the acclaimed author of The Watchers, the untold story of Robert Cecil - the ultimate Tudor spy-master'Alford triumphs… in recreating the historical moment. By immersing himself in Cecil’s vast archive, he draws the reader deep into his working environment, capturing the closeness of his study and the chaos of the court… this is turn-of-century England as it really was – dangerous, gritty, on a knife edge' - The Times *Shortlisted for the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2025*Robert Cecil, statesman and spymaster, lived through an astonishingly threatening period in English history. Queen Elizabeth had no clear successor and enemies both external and internal threatened to destroy England as a Protestant state, most spectacularly with the Spanish Armada and the Gunpowder Plot.Cecil stood at the heart of the Tudor and then Stuart state, a vital figure in managing the succession from Elizabeth I to James I & VI, warding off military and religious threats and steering the decisions of two very different but equally wilful and hard-to-manage monarchs. The promising son of Queen Elizabeth’s chief minister Lord Burghley, for Cecil there was no choice but politics, and he became supremely skilled in the arts of power, making many rivals and enemies.All His Spies is a wonderfully engaging and original work of history. Many readers are familiar with the great events of this tumultuous time, but All His Spies shows how easily these dramas could have turned out very differently. Cecil’s sureness of purpose, his espionage network and good luck all conspired to keep England uninvaded and to create a new ‘British’ monarchy which has endured to the present day.
Burghley
William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I
AvStephen Alford
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
260 kr
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The first modern biography of the most powerful politician in late Tudor EnglandWilliam Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520–1598), was the closest adviser to England’s Queen Elizabeth I and—as this revealing and provocative biography shows—he was the driving force behind the Queen's reign for four decades. Cecil’s impact on the development of the English state was deep and personal. A committed Protestant, he guided domestic and foreign affairs with the confidence of his religious conviction. Believing himself the divinely instigated protector of his monarch, he felt able to disobey her direct commands. He was uncompromising, obsessive, and supremely self-assured—a cunning politician as well as a consummate servant.This comprehensive biography gives proper weight to Cecil's formative years, his subtle navigation of the reigns of Edward VI and Mary I, his lifelong enmity with Mary Queen of Scots, and his obsession with family dynasty. It also provides a fresh account of Elizabeth I and her reign, uncovering limitations and concerns about invasions, succession, and conspiracy. Intimate, authoritative, and enormously readable, this book redefines our understanding of the Elizabethan period.
Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI
AvStephen Alford
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
738 kr
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This book offers a reappraisal of the kingship and politics of the reign of Edward VI, the third Tudor king of England who reigned from the age of nine in 1547 until his death in 1553. The reign has often been interpreted as a period of political instability, mainly because of Edward's age, but this account challenges the view that the king's minority was a time of political faction. It shows how Edward was shaped and educated from the start for adult kingship, and how Edwardian politics evolved to accommodate a maturing and able young king. The book also explores the political values of the men around the king, and tries to reconstruct the relationships of family and association that bound together the governing elite in the king's Council, his court, and in the universities. It also assesses the impact of Edward's reign on Elizabethan politics.
The Early Elizabethan Polity
William Cecil and the British Succession Crisis, 1558-1569
AvStephen Alford,Anthony Fletcherm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 1998
2 029 kr
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Traditionally historians have argued that the court of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) was factional, divided between competing subjects who were manipulated by their Queen. This book provides a different account: of councillors who were united by two connected dangers, namely Catholic opposition to Protestant England and Elizabeth's refusal to marry or to settle England's succession. This alternative account of the first decade of Elizabeth's reign investigates three main areas. It challenges the notion that Elizabeth I and her councillors agreed on policy, and that the Queen and her secretary, William Cecil, formed an inseparable political partnership; it establishes the importance of rhetorical training and the relationship between education and Elizabethan debates on the issue of service to the Queen, balanced against service to the Commonwealth; and it deals with the radical political conditions of the first decade, and argues that the origins of later Elizabethan crises lay in the 1560s.
Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI
AvStephen Alford
Inbunden, Engelska, 2002
1 641 kr
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This book offers a reappraisal of the kingship and politics of the reign of Edward VI, the third Tudor king of England who reigned from the age of nine in 1547 until his death in 1553. The reign has often been interpreted as a period of political instability, mainly because of Edward's age, but this account challenges the view that the king's minority was a time of political faction. It shows how Edward was shaped and educated from the start for adult kingship, and how Edwardian politics evolved to accommodate a maturing and able young king. The book also explores the political values of the men around the king, and tries to reconstruct the relationships of family and association that bound together the governing elite in the king's Council, his court, and in the universities. It also assesses the impact of Edward's reign on Elizabethan politics.
The Early Elizabethan Polity
William Cecil and the British Succession Crisis, 1558-1569
AvStephen Alford,Anthony Fletcher
Häftad, Engelska, 2002
838 kr
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Traditionally historians have argued that the court of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) was factional, divided between competing subjects who were manipulated by their Queen. This book provides a different account: of councillors who were united by two connected dangers, namely Catholic opposition to Protestant England and Elizabeth's refusal to marry or to settle England's succession. This alternative account of the first decade of Elizabeth's reign investigates three main areas. It challenges the notion that Elizabeth I and her councillors agreed on policy, and that the Queen and her secretary, William Cecil, formed an inseparable political partnership; it establishes the importance of rhetorical training and the relationship between education and Elizabethan debates on the issue of service to the Queen, balanced against service to the Commonwealth; and it deals with the radical political conditions of the first decade, and argues that the origins of later Elizabethan crises lay in the 1560s.
Spies in History
AvStephen Alford,Alastair Bennm. fl.
E-bok
Engelska
139 kr
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The public appetite for spies, both real and fictional, seems inexhaustible. But where and when did spying begin and how has the art and craft of espionage developed over the centuries? Spies in History is a collection of portraits of some of the most famous spies we know, but it also includes some lesser known and more surprising names. A remarkable line-up of distinguished historians, scholars and writers examine the evolution of intelligence and counter-intelligence – from ancient times to the Cold War and the age of Putin, Trump and Xi Jinping – to reveal the truth about espionage and the myths that surround it.
Spioner i historien
AvPaul Lay,Alastair Bennm. fl.
E-bok
Svenska
139 kr
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Vårt intresse för spioner, både verkliga och fiktiva, verkar outtömligt. Men var och när började spioneriets historia och hur har spionagearbetet utvecklats genom århundradena?Spioner i historien är en samling porträtt av några av de mest berömda spionerna, men innehåller även några mindre kända och mer överraskande namn. I den här volymen undersöker historiker, forskare och författare underrättelseverksamhet och spionage genom historien – från antiken till det kalla kriget och vidare till Putins, Trumps och Xi Jinpings tidsålder – för att avslöja spioneriets hemligheter och myterna som omger det.
Race to Destiny
Destiny Stone Series, #1
AvStephen Alford
E-bok
Engelska
92 kr
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AIeren of Galee
AvStephen Alford
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
169 kr
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AIeren of Galee
AvStephen Alford
E-bok
Engelska
50 kr
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Nyhet
Shattered Stone
Destiny Stone Series, #2
AvStephen Alford
E-bok
Engelska, 2026
92 kr
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The Race to Destiny is over and evil has won.The mad god Noshid drained the red magic from the Destiny Stone and sated, he discarded it, defiled and fractured.Haggersath Giftgiver's mission to recover the forged gifts stolen from the Dwarrow abruptly fails when an accident leaves him "e;chipped"e; and overcome by an uncontrollable, all-consuming urge to mate. With no other choice, the Dwarrow must follow their lust-crazed leader.Aieren and the Sylvan fare little better. Glenia and Belusan, the two Sylvan, charged by their goddess to escort and Aieren, long only to return home to the Daoine Maithe. With the Destiny Stone lost, the race to claim it should be over—but Aieren has changed. No longer without magic, he wields a strange power unlike anything they understand. The Destiny Stone calls to him with growing urgency. Thier fate is bound to his, and his to the Destiny Stone.Seeing the Sylvan and Dwarrow failures to reclaim the Destiny Stone, the water god Bruss calls upon his own people to enter. The race of Men. King Lyndan Ravensun of Pyrain has led his mighty army in pursuit of the Gnomôk all the way to their home in the Desert of Cinders. At his side stands the land's most powerful wizard. Together, will they intend to claim the Destiny Stone for Men?In the Shattered Stone, they all converge on the Destiny Stone, discarded and seemingly spent. But is it truly powerless? The Dwarrow are distracted—but for how long? Men arrive with a king's army and a Silroh wizard of immense power, while Aieren and his Sylvan escort bring strange new abilities of their own. All seek the lost Destiny Stone.Yet none of them sees the greater danger: a mad god of vengeance and destruction, unleashed upon the world. Having drained the Destiny Stone's power for himself, he now wields it as his own. Who can stand against a fallen god armed with the red magical power of the Destiny
Nyhet
Del 2 - Destiny Stone
Shattered Stone
AvStephen Alford
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
469 kr
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Del 1 - Destiny Stone
Race to Destiny
AvStephen Alford
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
402 kr
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All His Spies
The Secret World of Robert Cecil
AvStephen Alford
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
373 kr
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From the acclaimed author of The Watchers, the untold story of Robert Cecil - the ultimate Tudor spy-master'Alford triumphs… in recreating the historical moment. By immersing himself in Cecil’s vast archive, he draws the reader deep into his working environment, capturing the closeness of his study and the chaos of the court… this is turn-of-century England as it really was – dangerous, gritty, on a knife edge' - The Times *Shortlisted for the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2025*Robert Cecil, statesman and spymaster, lived through an astonishingly threatening period in English history. Queen Elizabeth had no clear successor and enemies both external and internal threatened to destroy England as a Protestant state, most spectacularly with the Spanish Armada and the Gunpowder Plot.Cecil stood at the heart of the Tudor and then Stuart state, a vital figure in managing the succession from Elizabeth I to James I & VI, warding off military and religious threats and steering the decisions of two very different but equally wilful and hard-to-manage monarchs. The promising son of Queen Elizabeth’s chief minister Lord Burghley, for Cecil there was no choice but politics, and he became supremely skilled in the arts of power, making many rivals and enemies.All His Spies is a wonderfully engaging and original work of history. Many readers are familiar with the great events of this tumultuous time, but All His Spies shows how easily these dramas could have turned out very differently. Cecil’s sureness of purpose, his espionage network and good luck all conspired to keep England uninvaded and to create a new ‘British’ monarchy which has endured to the present day.