The Audacious Crimes of Colonel Blood
Title | The Audacious Crimes of Colonel Blood PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Hutchinson |
Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Pages | 398 |
Release | 2015-05-14 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0297870203 |
'A marvellous romp' The Times 'The clash of blades, the whizzing bullets and galloping hooves guarantee nonstop adventure' Literary Review In May 1671, Colonel Blood became the only person ever to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. How did he succeed? Why did King Charles II decide to pardon him, and hire him as his personal spy? In a page-turning narrative that reads like a thriller, Robert Hutchinson tells the compelling story of Colonel Blood: turncoat, fugitive, double agent - and the most wanted man in Restoration England.
Life and Adventures of the famous Colonel Blood, etc
Title | Life and Adventures of the famous Colonel Blood, etc PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas BLOOD |
Publisher | |
Pages | 26 |
Release | 1825 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Revenge of Colonel Blood
Title | The Revenge of Colonel Blood PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Jackson |
Publisher | Troubador Publishing Ltd |
Pages | 177 |
Release | 2013-03-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1780884680 |
London, 1925. The greatest treasure in the world, the crown jewels, have been stolen. It is up to three Beefeaters and a Chelsea Pensioner to get it back! The hunt for the thieves will take them into London's murky underworld and to the north of Scotland.
Colonel Blood
Title | Colonel Blood PDF eBook |
Author | David C. Hanrahan |
Publisher | History Press (SC) |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
This gripping tale of seventeenth-century England's most wanted man is set against the background of the civil wars in England and Ireland.
Colonel Thomas Blood: Crownstealer 1618-1680
Title | Colonel Thomas Blood: Crownstealer 1618-1680 PDF eBook |
Author | Wilbur Cortez Abbott |
Publisher | |
Pages | 138 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | Crown jewels |
ISBN |
Colonel Thomas Blood, Crown-stealer, 1618-1680
Title | Colonel Thomas Blood, Crown-stealer, 1618-1680 PDF eBook |
Author | Wilbur Cortez Abbott |
Publisher | Good Press |
Pages | 66 |
Release | 2021-05-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
"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.
The Audacious Crimes of Colonel Blood
Title | The Audacious Crimes of Colonel Blood PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Hutchinson |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
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.