Stephen Alford

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Described as 'the definitive biography of Cecil,' Tom quotes Alford saying Cecil 'was everywhere and everything in Elizabethan government' and also references Alford's analysis of Cecil's emergency succession plans as anticipating the Glorious Revolution.

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Described as a 'brilliant book' on William Cecil, cited for the account of Cecil's secret meeting with Elizabeth at Somerset House, calling Cecil 'the cleverest young man in Tudor politics.'

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Mentioned during discussion of the Elizabethan surveillance state and spy networks under Burghley and Walsingham. Dominic references 'Stephen Alford's book, The Watchers' and Tracey Borman confirms she's 'a huge fan of Stephen Alford's book' and keeps recommending it to people