Stephen Alford
Stephen Alford FRHistS (born 1970) is a British historian and academic. He has been professor of early modern British history at the University of Leeds since 2012.
Life
[edit]Educated at the University of St Andrews, he was formerly a British Academy Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge (1997–99) and junior research fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and, between 1999 and 2012, a fellow in history at King's College, Cambridge.[1] He has been a fellow of the Royal Historical Society since 2000. He was taught by John Guy.[2]
Selected publications
[edit]- The Early Elizabethan Polity: William Cecil and the British Succession Crisis, 1558-1569. Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Burghley: William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I. Yale University Press, New Haven, 2008.
- The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I. Allen Lane, 2012.[3][4][5][6] ISBN 9780141930848
- Edward VI: The last boy king. Allen Lane, 2014. ISBN 9780141976914
- London's Triumph: Merchant Adventurers and the Tudor City. Allen Lane, 2017.[7][8] ISBN 9780241003589
- All His Spies: The Secret World of Robert Cecil. Allen Lane, 2024. ISBN 9780241423479
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile - Faculty of Arts - University of Leeds - Stephen Alford". Leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ^ "Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures". Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ Keith Thomas (17 August 2012). "The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I by Stephen Alford – review | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ^ Martin, Tim (13 September 2012). "The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I by Stephen Alford: review". Telegraph. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ^ Books (5 October 2012). "The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I | Book Review". History Extra. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ^ Gajda, Alexandra (13 November 2012). Reviews Stephen Alford. The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I. New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2012. xvii + 398 pp. $35. Vol. 67. The University of Chicago Press Journals. p. 264. doi:10.1086/676207. ISBN 978-1-60819-009-6. S2CID 163585640.
- ^ Jessie Childs (20 April 2017). "London's Triumph by Stephen Alford review – merchant adventurers and Tudor boomtime | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ^ Wooding, Lucy (27 April 2017). "Review: London's Triumph, by Stephen Alford | THE Books". Timeshighereducation.com. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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