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The king's smuggler: Jane Whorwood, secret agent to Charles I

By Jane , King of England Charles I;Fox , John;Whorwood

Book information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780752469034, 9780752469041, 0752469037
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1131150 bytes)
Pages
224 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1600-1649;Whorwood-- 1614 or 1615-;Great Britain -- Court and courti-- King of England1642-1649 -- Biography;Great BritainCourts and courtiers;History;Biographies;Charles -Jane

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Jane Whorwood was one of Charles I's closest confidantes. 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 gold (perhaps as much as 1,000kg) 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 for him. New evidence even suggests that they may have had a brief affair. After his execution in 1649, Jane's marriage collapsed in one.;Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 226. Pages:1 to 25 Pages:26 to 50 Pages:51 to 75 Pages:76 to 100 Pages:101 to 125 Pages:126 to 150 Pages:151 to 175 Pages:176 to 200 Pages:201 to 225 Pages:226 to 226.

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