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The Audacious Crimes of Colonel Blood: The Spy Who Stole the Crown Jewels and Became the King's Secret Agent (Audio CD) (Unabridged)
The Audacious Crimes of Colonel Blood The Spy Who Stole the Crown Jewels and Became the King's Secret Agent - Audio CD - Unabridged Author:Robert Hutchinson, Ralph Lister (Narrator) The gripping story of one of the most enigmatic and alluring figures in British history: a dangerous double agent and Irish rogue in King Charles II's court. 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 cro... more »wn 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. However, while serving as King Charles II's personal spy, Blood was conspiring with his enemies. Here Robert Hutchinson provides an extraordinary account of the perils and conspiracies that abounded in Restoration England.