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| Author | : Robert Hutchinson |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 2016-06-14 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1681771861 |
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.
| Author | : Thomas BLOOD |
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| Total Pages | : 26 |
| Release | : 1825 |
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| Author | : David C. Hanrahan |
| Publisher | : History Press (SC) |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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This gripping tale of seventeenth-century England's most wanted man is set against the background of the civil wars in England and Ireland.
| Author | : Wilbur Cortez Abbott |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 138 |
| Release | : 1910 |
| Genre | : Crown jewels |
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| Author | : Wittenbury Kaye |
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| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 1903 |
| Genre | : Great Britain |
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| Author | : Rafael Sabatini |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2013-04-09 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0486112993 |
Physician and country gentleman Peter Blood is forced to turn from medicine to piracy in this swashbuckling classic brimming with stolen treasure, adventure on the high seas, and romance.
| Author | : Wilbur Cortez Abbott |
| Publisher | : Good Press |
| Total Pages | : 66 |
| Release | : 2021-05-19 |
| Genre | : History |
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"Colonel Thomas Blood, Crown-stealer, 1618-1680" by Wilbur Cortez Abbott. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
| Author | : William L. Shea |
| Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
| Total Pages | : 369 |
| Release | : 2009-11-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0807898686 |
William Shea offers a gripping narrative of the events surrounding Prairie Grove, Arkansas, one of the great unsung battles of the Civil War that effectively ended Confederate offensive operations west of the Mississippi River. Shea provides a colorful account of a grueling campaign that lasted five months and covered hundreds of miles of rugged Ozark terrain. In a fascinating analysis of the personal, geographical, and strategic elements that led to the fateful clash in northwest Arkansas, he describes a campaign notable for rapid marching, bold movements, hard fighting, and the most remarkable raid of the Civil War.
| Author | : Angus Donald |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 42 |
| Release | : 2018-05-15 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1499861710 |
For fans of Conn Iggulden, Bernard Cornwell, Robyn Young and Ben Kane, comes the new historical series from the bestselling author of the Outlaw Chronicles. *This is FREE EBOOK SAMPLER for Angus Donald's thrilling brand-new novel BLOOD'S GAME* THE THRILLING NEW SERIES FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE 'OUTLAW CHRONICLES'. AFTER THE TUDORS CAME THE STUARTS . . . London, Winter 1670. Holcroft Blood has entered the employ of the Duke of Buckingham, one of the most powerful men in the kingdom after the king. It is here that his education really begins. With a gift for numbers and decoding ciphers, Holcroft soon proves invaluable to the Duke, but when he's pushed into a betrayal he risks everything for revenge. His father, Colonel Thomas Blood, has fallen on hard times. A man used to fighting, he lives by his wits and survives by whatever means necessary. When he's asked to commit treason by stealing the crown jewels, he puts himself and his family in a dangerous situation - one that may end at the gallows. As the machinations of powerful men plot to secure the country's future, both father and son must learn what it is to survive in a more dangerous battlefield than war - the court of King Charles II. One false step could prove fatal . . .
| Author | : Angus Donald |
| Publisher | : Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd. |
| Total Pages | : 348 |
| Release | : 2018-10-18 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1785764039 |
Mixing the fascinating and bloody events of the Stuart reign with thrilling historical fiction, the new series from bestselling author of the Outlaw Chronicles, Angus Donald, is perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, James Forrester, S. J. Parris and The Favourite. In an age of treachery everyone must pick a side . . . It's 1685 and after the victory of Sedgemoor by King James II's men and the Bloody Assizes that followed, the British Isles faces an uneasy time. Many powerful men have grown tired of Catholic James's brutal, autocratic rule and seek to invite William, the Protestant Prince of Orange, to seize the thrones of the Three Kingdoms. When Lieutenant Holcroft Blood, a brilliant but unusual gunnery officer in His Majesty's Ordnance, discovers that a sinister French agent, known only by his code name Narrey, has landed on English soil, he discovers a plan that could threaten the stability of the nation even further. While revolution brews in the gentlemen's clubs of London, Holcroft faces a deadly choice - fight for his king, or fight for his friends. Every decision has a consequence - would you be willing to pay the price? 'Splendid' The Times 'Exhilarating adventure' Sunday Express 'Thrilling, all-action . . . gripping adventure and fun here aplenty' Lancashire Evening Post
