Burghley: William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I by Stephen Alford

Burghley: William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I

Stephen Alford

432 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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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 develo...

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