The story of the individuals whose ambition and recklessness transformed London, England and the world.
Stephen Alford is the author of the highly acclaimed The Watchers- A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth and is also 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 at the University of Leeds.
Praise for THE WATCHERS: 'More enthralling than any modern spy
fiction' Guardian 'Vivid and staggeringly well-researched' Herald
'Fascinating'
*Spectator*
[Alford] is outstanding on the mercantile networks that enmeshed
not only the livery companies and the court of aldermen, but also
parish councils, immigrant communities and Westminster. He throws
out long threads (beginning, aptly, with the merchant Thomas
Wyndout) and weaves them into an exceptionally rich and variegated
fabric...This might be a book for ministers to take on holiday in
the summer.
*Guardian*
It is very pleasing to have a book that focuses specifically on the
rise of London as a global trading city in the Tudor era. Like all
the best stories, it is about the timeless tides of power and
influence... consistently illuminating and filled with pleasing
resonance
*Spectator*
Vivid and informative... somehow one can't help wondering whether
there might be a lesson [here] for British commerce today.
*Telegraph*
A city contending with immigration, religious difference and the
threat of violence... the unspoken comparisons that haunt this
story are unavoidably poignant
*Times Higher Education Supplement*
The book is crammed with unexpected sidelights of 16th century
London
*Times*
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