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The audacious crimes of Colonel Blood, the spy who stole the crown jewels and became the king's secret agent, Robert Hutchinson

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The audacious crimes of Colonel Blood, the spy who stole the crown jewels and became the king's secret agent, Robert Hutchinson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-325) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The audacious crimes of Colonel Blood

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

951550909

Responsibility statement

Robert Hutchinson

Sub title

the spy who stole the crown jewels and became the king's secret agent

Summary

"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 ... Hutchinson paints a ... portrait of a double agent bent on ambiguous political and personal motivation, and provides an ... account of the perils and conspiracies that abounded in Restoration England"--Dust jacket flap

Table Of Contents

Capture the castle -- Escape and evasion -- A taste for conspiracy -- A friend in need -- An incident in St James's -- The most audacious crime -- A royal pardon -- Coming in from the cold -- The ways of the Lord -- Epilogue

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