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The audacious crimes of Colonel Blood

The audacious crimes of Colonel Blood

the spy who stole the crown jewels and became the king's secret agent
Biography & MemoirHistory
Pages
341
Published
2015
Language
English

Synopsis

"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.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

InformativeIntellectualMysteriousAdventurous
HeistMorally GreyAnti-HeroCourt Intrigue

Genres

Biography & Memoir History True Crime Biography Political Thriller

About the author

H
Hutchinson, Robert

Robert Hutchinson is a British historian who writes about the Tudor period and the inner workings of the royal court. He is the author of The Last Days of Henry VIII, a study of the monarch’s final year. His work focuses on the political and religious history of 16th-century England.