Download or read book The Watchers written by Stephen Alford and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the 16th-century monarch's secret service and its ruthless war against England's enemies evaluates the contributions of Sir Francis Walsingham while profiling the dark intelligence practices of the period to offer a chillingly vivid depiction of Elizabethan espionage activities. 20,000 first printing.