Stephen Alford
{{short description|British historian and academic (born 1970)}}
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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
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/profile/20030/946/stephen_alford |title=Profile - Faculty of Arts - University of Leeds - Stephen Alford |publisher=Leeds.ac.uk |accessdate=2017-05-09}} He has been a fellow of the Royal Historical Society since 2000. He was taught by John Guy.{{cite web|url=https://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/profile/20030/946/stephen_alford |accessdate=2018-04-15|title=Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures}}
Selected publications
- 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.{{cite web|author=Keith Thomas |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/17/watchers-elizabeth-stephen-alford-review |title=The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I by Stephen Alford – review | Books |work=The Guardian |date=2012-08-17 |accessdate=2017-05-09}}{{cite news|last=Martin |first=Tim |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9540901/The-Watchers-A-Secret-History-of-the-Reign-of-Elizabeth-I-by-Stephen-Alford-review.html |title=The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I by Stephen Alford: review |publisher=Telegraph |date=2012-09-13 |accessdate=2017-05-09}}{{cite web|author=Books |url=http://www.historyextra.com/book-review/watchers-secret-history-reign-elizabeth-i |title=The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I | Book Review |publisher=History Extra |date=2012-10-05 |accessdate=2017-05-09}}{{cite book|title=Reviews Stephen Alford. The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I. New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2012. xvii + 398 pp. $35. |isbn=978-1-60819-009-6 |publisher=The University of Chicago Press Journals |doi=10.1086/676207 |volume=67 |page=264 | last1 = Gajda | first1 = Alexandra|date = 2012-11-13|s2cid=163585640 }} {{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.{{cite web|author=Jessie Childs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/20/londons-triumph-by-stephen-alford-review |title=London's Triumph by Stephen Alford review – merchant adventurers and Tudor boomtime | Books |work=The Guardian |date=2017-04-20 |accessdate=2017-05-09}}{{cite web|last=Wooding |first=Lucy |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/review-londons-triumph-stephen-alford-allen-lane |title=Review: London's Triumph, by Stephen Alford | THE Books |publisher=Timeshighereducation.com |date=2017-04-27 |accessdate=2017-05-09}} {{ISBN|9780241003589}}
- All His Spies: The Secret World of Robert Cecil. Allen Lane, 2024. {{ISBN|9780241423479}}
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