Stephen Alford
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- Penguin Books Ltd, 2018
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 336 páginas
PVP: 14,50 €
ISBN 978-0-14-197811-6
EAN 9780141978116
'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 ...
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Life 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 ...
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- Penguin UK, 2014
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 112 páginas
PVP: 17,25 €
ISBN 978-0-14-197691-4
EAN 9780141976914
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 ...
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The Watchers
A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I
- Penguin UK, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 416 páginas
PVP: 14,50 €
ISBN 978-0-14-104365-4
EAN 9780141043654
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; ...
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The Watchers
A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I
- Allen Lane, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 36,50 €
ISBN 978-1-84614-260-4
EAN 9781846142604
Elizabeth I was a ruler who radiated a sense of power and purpose. Her long and successful reign was a Golden Age of wealth, confidence, creativity, Shakespeare's plays and Walter Raleigh's adventures: the apotheosis of the Tudor dynasty. Across much of Europe, however, Elizabeth was viewed very differently.She was 'Jezebel', the bastard offspring of Henry ...
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- Yale University Press, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 432 páginas
PVP: 27,25 €
ISBN 978-0-300-17088-7
EAN 9780300170887
The first modern biography of the most powerful politician in late Tudor England William 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 ...
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