The Audacious Crimes of Colonel Blood: The Spy Who Stole the Crown Jewels and Became the King's Secret Agent
One morning in May 1671, a man disguised as a parson daringly attempted to seize the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. Astonishingly, he managed to escape with the regalia and crown before being apprehended. And yet he was not executed for treason. Instead, the king granted him a generous income and he became a familiar strutting figure in the royal court's glittering state apartments.This man was Colonel Thomas Blood, a notorious turncoat and fugitive from justice. Nicknamed the 'Father of all Treasons,' he had been involved in an attempted coup d'etat in Ireland as well as countless plots to assassinate Charles II. In an age when gossi…
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- ISBN: 978-1-68177-422-0
- EAN: 9781681774220
- Produktnummer: 21273270
- Verlag: Pegasus Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 368 S.
- Masse: H21.8 cm x B14.2 cm x D2.5 cm 318 g
- Gewicht: 318
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Robert Hutchinson is the bestselling author of The Last Days of Henry VIII, Elizabeth's Spymaster, Thomas Cromwell, House of Treason, Young Henry and The Spanish Armada. He lives in England.
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