Author: Malyn Bromfield
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ISBN: 9781914498923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
On 17th October, 1678, Sir Edmund Bury Godfrey, a justice of the peace, is discovered dead in a ditch at Primrose Hill, run through with his own sword. Suicide or murder? This has been the historian's dilemma for three centuries. King Charles II had awarded Godfrey a knighthood for his bravery following the great plague and the fire of London. But is Godfrey all he appears to be? During his final days, Godfrey confesses to friends that he is master of a great secret and will be hanged. Titus Oates, arguably the most audacious liar history has ever known, had visited Godfrey claiming to have discovered a Jesuit plot to assassinate King Charles II and overthrow Parliament. Following a £500 reward from the King for information about Godfrey's death, murderers are named and Samuel Pepys, Secretary of the Naval Office, discovers that he has an enemy who has accused him of orchestrating Godfrey's murder. He must seek the truth to save himself. Readers will accompany Mr Pepys to coffee houses, taverns, palaces, to his home where his marriage is in crisis, to Newgate prison, and to the trials of men who are accused of murdering Godfrey. Who lies and who is telling the truth? Who killed Edmund Godfrey? Malyn Bromfield is the author of Mayflowers for November a novel about Anne Boleyn.
Mr Pepys and the Primrose Hill Mystery
Author: Malyn Bromfield
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781914498923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
On 17th October, 1678, Sir Edmund Bury Godfrey, a justice of the peace, is discovered dead in a ditch at Primrose Hill, run through with his own sword. Suicide or murder? This has been the historian's dilemma for three centuries. King Charles II had awarded Godfrey a knighthood for his bravery following the great plague and the fire of London. But is Godfrey all he appears to be? During his final days, Godfrey confesses to friends that he is master of a great secret and will be hanged. Titus Oates, arguably the most audacious liar history has ever known, had visited Godfrey claiming to have discovered a Jesuit plot to assassinate King Charles II and overthrow Parliament. Following a £500 reward from the King for information about Godfrey's death, murderers are named and Samuel Pepys, Secretary of the Naval Office, discovers that he has an enemy who has accused him of orchestrating Godfrey's murder. He must seek the truth to save himself. Readers will accompany Mr Pepys to coffee houses, taverns, palaces, to his home where his marriage is in crisis, to Newgate prison, and to the trials of men who are accused of murdering Godfrey. Who lies and who is telling the truth? Who killed Edmund Godfrey? Malyn Bromfield is the author of Mayflowers for November a novel about Anne Boleyn.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781914498923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
On 17th October, 1678, Sir Edmund Bury Godfrey, a justice of the peace, is discovered dead in a ditch at Primrose Hill, run through with his own sword. Suicide or murder? This has been the historian's dilemma for three centuries. King Charles II had awarded Godfrey a knighthood for his bravery following the great plague and the fire of London. But is Godfrey all he appears to be? During his final days, Godfrey confesses to friends that he is master of a great secret and will be hanged. Titus Oates, arguably the most audacious liar history has ever known, had visited Godfrey claiming to have discovered a Jesuit plot to assassinate King Charles II and overthrow Parliament. Following a £500 reward from the King for information about Godfrey's death, murderers are named and Samuel Pepys, Secretary of the Naval Office, discovers that he has an enemy who has accused him of orchestrating Godfrey's murder. He must seek the truth to save himself. Readers will accompany Mr Pepys to coffee houses, taverns, palaces, to his home where his marriage is in crisis, to Newgate prison, and to the trials of men who are accused of murdering Godfrey. Who lies and who is telling the truth? Who killed Edmund Godfrey? Malyn Bromfield is the author of Mayflowers for November a novel about Anne Boleyn.
Punch
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Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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ISBN:
Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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The Pilot
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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The Literary Year-book
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 908
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ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 908
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Samuel Pepys
Author: Arthur Bryant
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
ISBN: 9780586064719
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
ISBN: 9780586064719
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Poetical Works
Author: John Dryden
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden
Author: John Dryden
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Category : Debates and debating
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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ISBN:
Category : Debates and debating
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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T. P.'s Weekly
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 866
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ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 866
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The Athenaeum
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 912
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 912
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Judge Jeffreys
Author: Harford Montgomery Hyde
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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