The Watchers Quotes

“In a book by one Protestant theologian”
― Stephen Alford, The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I

“The Great Armada of Spain was probably the worst-kept secret in sixteenth-century Europe. Philip’s government was notoriously leaky; indeed some of the king’s most secret planning was known in the states of Italy, long skilled at gathering foreign”
― Stephen Alford, The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I

“Any state that justifies and defends the use of torture claims for itself special rights over any other consideration.”
― Stephen Alford, The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I