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The King's Smuggler

- Jane Whorwood, Secret Agent to Charles I
Af: John Fox Engelsk Paperback

The King's Smuggler

- Jane Whorwood, Secret Agent to Charles I
Af: John Fox Engelsk Paperback
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Jane Whorwood(1612–84) was one of Charles I’s closest confidantes. The daughter of Scots courtiers at Whitehall and the wife of an Oxfordshire squire, when the court moved to Oxford in 1642, at the start of the Civil War, she helped the Royalist cause by spying for the king and smuggling at least three-quarters of a ton of gold to help pay for his army. When Charles was held captive by the Parliamentarians, from 1646 to 1649, she organised money, correspondence, several escape attempts, astrological advice and a ship to carry him to Holland. The king and she also had a wartime ‘brief encounter’. After Charles’s execution in 1649, Jane’s marriage collapsed in one of the most public and acrimonious separation cases of the seventeenth century.

Using crucial evidence, John Fox provides a detailed biography of this extraordinary woman, a forgotten key player in the English Civil War.

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Jane Whorwood(1612–84) was one of Charles I’s closest confidantes. The daughter of Scots courtiers at Whitehall and the wife of an Oxfordshire squire, when the court moved to Oxford in 1642, at the start of the Civil War, she helped the Royalist cause by spying for the king and smuggling at least three-quarters of a ton of gold to help pay for his army. When Charles was held captive by the Parliamentarians, from 1646 to 1649, she organised money, correspondence, several escape attempts, astrological advice and a ship to carry him to Holland. The king and she also had a wartime ‘brief encounter’. After Charles’s execution in 1649, Jane’s marriage collapsed in one of the most public and acrimonious separation cases of the seventeenth century.

Using crucial evidence, John Fox provides a detailed biography of this extraordinary woman, a forgotten key player in the English Civil War.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 0
ISBN-13: 9780750999403
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave: 2
ISBN-10: 0750999403
Udg. Dato: 14 apr 2022
Længde: 29mm
Bredde: 198mm
Højde: 130mm
Forlag: The History Press Ltd
Oplagsdato: 14 apr 2022
Forfatter(e): John Fox
Forfatter(e) John Fox


Kategori English Civil War & Interregnum


ISBN-13 9780750999403


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 0


Udgave 2


Længde 29mm


Bredde 198mm


Højde 130mm


Udg. Dato 14 apr 2022


Oplagsdato 14 apr 2022


Forlag The History Press Ltd