Author: LONG, JAMES. LONG BEN
Title: The Plot Against Pepys the Untold Story of Espionage and Intrigue in the Tower of London
Description: Woodstock; New York : The Overlook Press 2007. First Edition. It is 1679 and England is awash with suspicion. 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. 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's own account of the affair. James Long and Ben Long brilliantly evoke a turbulent period in England's history. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 322 pages; Description: xiv. 322 p. 8 p. of plates : col. ill. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Pepys. Samuel (1633-1703) --Trials. litigation. etc. --Scott. John (1632-1704) --False imprisonment --England --London --History --17th century --Cabinet officers --Great Britain --History --Charles II (1660-1685) --Biography. by James Long and Ben Long.Weight in Kg appr.:

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