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Author:   Alan Wharam
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9780754604709

ISBN 10:   0754604705
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   27 September 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; The imprisonment of Sir Thomas Overbury; The princess and the perjurer; The Bawdy House Riots; A tavern brawl: the trial of Philip, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery; A most unusual elopement: the trial of Lord Grey of Werk; The Rye House plot: I. The plot; II. The Trials of Thomas Walcot, William Hone and William, Lord Russell; III. The trials of John Rouse and William Blague; IV. The trial of Colonel Algernon Sidney; V. The aftermath of the Rye House Plot; VI. Murther in the tower: 13 July 1683 - the death of Arthur Capel, Earl of Sussex; An Irish interlude; A crime of passion: the trial of Lord Mohun; The Old King’s Head conspiracy; The voyage of the Charles the Second; The voyage of the Loyal Clencarty: the trial of Captain Thomas Vaughan; A duel in the dark; The barrister and the Quaker: R.V. Cowper, Stephens, Rogers and Marson; Captain Kidd and the Adventure Galley; Scratching a witch; Appendices; Index.

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'... absorbing... a particularly useful and enlightening [...] Introduction... Murder in the Tower is an excellent work and is one that will be particularly useful to graduate students...' Seventeenth-Century News

'... absorbing... a particularly useful and enlightening [...] Introduction... Murder in the Tower is an excellent work and is one that will be particularly useful to graduate students...' Seventeenth-Century News

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