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Item Details
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PLOT AGAINST PEPYS
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| By: |
Ben Long, James Long |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£17.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0571227139 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571227136 |
| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
16 August, 2007 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| Pages: |
480 |
| Description: |
Imprisoned in the Tower of London and abandoned by the embattled King, Samuel Pepys - Secretary of the Admiralty - sets to work investigating his mysterious accuser, Colonel John Scott, and uncovers a life riddled with ambition, forgery, treason and - ultimately - murder. |
| Synopsis: |
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 - or so it is feared - Catholic agents are plotting to overthrow the King. 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, Pepys sets to work investigating his mysterious accuser, Colonel John Scott, and uncovers a life riddled with ambition, forgery, treason and - ultimately - murder. Using rare access to Pepys' own account of the affair, 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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber & Faber |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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