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The Audacious Crimes of Colonel Blood
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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 gossip and intrigue ruled the coffee houses, the restored Stuart king decided Blood was more useful to him alive than dead. But while serving as his personal spy, Blood was conspiring with his enemies. At the same time he hired himself out as a freelance agent for those seeking to further their political ambition.In The Audacious Crimes of Colonel Blood, bestselling historian Robert Hutchinson paints a vivid portrait of a double agent bent on ambiguous political and personal motivation, and provides an extraordinary account of the perils and conspiracies that abounded in Restoration England.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Prologue
- 1. Capture the Castle
- 2. Escape and Evasion
- 3. A Taste for Conspiracy
- 4. A Friend in Need
- 5. An Incident in St James’s
- 6. The Most Audacious Crime
- 7. A Royal Pardon
- 8. Coming in from the Cold
- 9. The Ways of the Lord
- Epilogue
- Chronology
- Dramatis Personae
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Illustrations
- Index
- Also by Robert Hutchinson
- Copyright