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The gripping history of one of the very most enigmatic and attractive figures in British isles history: a dangerous dual agent and Irish rogue in King Charles II's judge. One morning in May 1671, a guy disguised as a parson daringly attempted to seize the crown jewels from the Tower of London. Astonishingly, he were able to escape with the regalia and crown before being apprehended. And yet he had not been carried out for treason. Instead, the king awarded him a large income, and he became a familiar strutting body in the royal court's glittering condition apartments. This man was Colonel Thomas Bloodstream, a notorious turncoat and fugitive from justice. Nicknamed the "Daddy of most Treasons", he had been in an attempted coup d'état in Ireland as well as countless plots to assassinate Charles II. In a day and age when gossip and intrigue ruled the coffeehouses, the restored Stuart king decided Bloodstream was more useful to him alive than inactive. But while serving as his personal spy, Bloodstream was conspiring with his enemies. At the same time, he employed himself out as a freelance agent for those wanting to further their politics ambition. In The Audacious Crimes of Colonel Bloodstream, best-selling historian Robert Hutchinson paints a vivid portrait of a dual agent bent on ambiguous politics and personal drive and provides an extraordinary consideration of the perils and conspiracies that abounded in Repair England.
