The Plot Against Pepys
Language: English
Published by The Overlook Press, Woodstock & New York, 2007
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Seller: Brillig's Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.Brillig's Books
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Pp: xiv + 322. Gilt titles: sp. Illust. w/ colour & b/w portraits, prints & facsimile docs. (listed). Black bds. Torn off lower cor. of last pg. Interior leaves are clean and tight. "A story of espionage and intrigue in the Tower of London" Samuel Pepys is charged with treason in the reign of Charles II. . Includes notes, bibliography and further reading & index.
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- Title
- The Plot Against Pepys
- Author
- Long, James & Long, Ben
- Publisher
- The Overlook Press, Woodstock & New York
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1590200691
- ISBN 13
- 9781590200698
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo
It is 1679 and England is awash with suspicion. Fear of conspiracy and religious terrorism has provoked panic in politicians and a zealous reaction from the legal system. Everywhere, Catholic agents are plotting to overthrow the King--or so it is feared.
Now Samuel Pepys, Secretary of the Admiralty, finds himself in a position few people then or now would have expected--charged with treason and facing a show trial and execution. Imprisoned in the Tower of London and abandoned by the embattled King he loyally served, Pepys sets to work with customary brilliance investigating his mysterious accuser, Colonel John Scott, and uncovers a life riddled with ambition, forgery, treason and, ultimately, murder.
One part history, one part bone-rattling suspense, James Long and Ben Long brilliantly evoke a turbulent period in England's history and tell the forgotten story of the two most dangerous years in the life of the legendary diarist.
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