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. He has been a fellow of the Royal Historical Society since 2000. He was taught by John Guy.
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. 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. ISBN 9780241003589
- All His Spies: The Secret World of Robert Cecil. Allen Lane, 2024. ISBN 9780241423479
References
- "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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