A Hidden History of the Tower of London: England's Most Notorious Prisoners
272A Hidden History of the Tower of London: England's Most Notorious Prisoners
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ISBN-13: | 9781526761767 |
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Publisher: | Pen and Sword |
Publication date: | 05/10/2020 |
Pages: | 272 |
Sales rank: | 309,554 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x (d) |
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Table of Contents
Introduction vii
Chapter 1 1066-1216: A Fortress Fit For a Conqueror 1
Chapter 2 1216-1307: Charters, Barters and Hammering Scots 11
Chapter 3 1307-1330: Dispensable Despensers and Malicious Marchers 19
Chapter 4 1330-1399: Revolting Peasants and Ambitious Appellants 25
Chapter 5 1400-1455: The Happy Few, Liberal Lollards and Fatal Falstaffs 34
Chapter 6 1455-1478: Yearning Yorkists, Conniving Cousins and Despicable Dukes 47
Chapter 7 1475-1485: Imprisoned Princes, Evil Uncles and Persistent Plotters 57
Chapter 8 1485-1507: Neglected Nephews, Counting-House Kings and a Plethora of Phoney Pretenders 68
Chapter 9 1501-1535: Divorced, Beheaded, Died … 74
Chapter 10 1535-1547: Divorced, Beheaded, Connived 92
Chapter 11 1541-1547: Remarriage, Womanly Rackings and Hapless Howards 105
Chapter 12 1547-1553: Reformation, Rebellion and Ridiculous Wills 111
Chapter 13 1553-1558: Nine-Day Queens and Bloody Bonfires 119
Chapter 14 1558-1586: Catholics, Conspirators and Clandestine Couples 132
Chapter 15 1580-1603: Popish Plots, Pirate Poets and Protestant Politics 144
Chapter 16 1603-1612: Gunpowder, Treason and Sop 161
Chapter 17 1612-1618: Poisonings, Percys and Perilous Pirates 173
Chapter 18 1618-1649: A Divine Right For War 180
Chapter 19 1649-1662: Parliament, Protectors and Dependable Protestors 193
Chapter 20 1660-1672: Black Death, Burning Buildings and Bloody Burglaries 204
Chapter 21 1673-1688: Postulated Princes, Corrupt Commonwealth and Hanging Judges 213
Chapter 22 1688-1715: Hapless Hollanders, Jealous Jacobites and Happy Hanoverians 226
Chapter 23 1715-1820: Bonnie Battlers, Loathable Lords, Aggressive Gordonites and Yorktown Yankees 235
Epilogue 1800-Present: Iron Dukes, Iron Crosses and Iron Ostriches 247
Appendix I List of Locations Within the Tower 259
Appendix II The Tower's Ghost Stories 260
Appendix III The Ravens' Conspiracy 265
Appendix IV The Ceremony of the Keys 266
Select Bibliography 268
Index 276