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Robert Hutchinson

The Audacious Crimes of Colonel Blood

The Spy Who Stole the Crown Jewels and Became the King's Secret Agent

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One morning in May 1671, Colonel Thomas Blood daringly attempted to seize the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. Astonishingly, he managed to escape with St Edward's Crown and the Coronation Regalia before being apprehended. Fervently and religiously nonconformist, Blood had been involved in many plots to assassinate King Charles II and overthrow the Stuart government. He had also participated in an attempted coup d'état in Ireland and was publicly labelled the 'Father of all Treasons'. And yet he was not instantly executed for treason. Instead, the king granted him a generous income from lands in Ireland and he became a familiar struttin… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-78022-610-1
  • EAN: 9781780226101
  • Produktnummer: 19101800
  • Verlag: Orion Publishing Co
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
  • Seitenangabe: 320 S.
  • Masse: H13.1 cm x B19.8 cm x D2.3 cm 288 g
  • Gewicht: 288
  • Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor


Robert Hutchinson is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and the author of THE LAST DAYS OF HENRY VIII, ELIZABETH'S SPYMASTER, THOMAS CROMWELL, HOUSE OF TREASON, YOUNG HENRY and THE SPANISH ARMADA. He was Defence Correspondent for the Press Association before moving to Jane's Information Group to launch JANE'S DEFENCE WEEKLY. He has a doctorate from the University of Sussex, and was appointed OBE in the 2008 Honours List.

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