The audacious crimes of Colonel Blood
Subtitle: the spy who stole the crown jewels and became the king's secret agent
By: Robert Hutchinson
Edition: First Pegasus books hardcover edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9781681771441
Subjects: Jewel thieves; Biography; History
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-325) and index.
Table of contents: title: Capture the castle; title: Escape and evasion; title: A taste for conspiracy; title: A friend in need; title: An incident in St James's; title: The most audacious crime; title: A royal pardon; title: Coming in from the cold; title: The ways of the Lord; title: Epilogue.