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 | Max Peacock |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 1946 |
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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.
Blood's Game
Title | Blood's Game PDF eBook |
Author | Angus Donald |
Publisher | |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2017-10 |
Genre | Code and cipher stories |
ISBN | 9781785762048 |
It is the winter of 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 missed step could prove fatal ...
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 |
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The Book of Days. A Miscellany of Popular Antiquties, in Connection with the Calendar ... Edited by R. Chambers
Title | The Book of Days. A Miscellany of Popular Antiquties, in Connection with the Calendar ... Edited by R. Chambers PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Chambers |
Publisher | |
Pages | 908 |
Release | 1863 |
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Peveril of the Peak
Title | Peveril of the Peak PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Scott |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1030 |
Release | 1886 |
Genre | Great Britain |
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