bokomslag The Strange Death of Edmund Godfrey
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The Strange Death of Edmund Godfrey

Alan Marshall

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  • 256 sidor
  • 1999
On the evening of 17 October 1678 the body of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, a Westminster Justice of the Peace, was discovered in a ditch near Primrose Hill. He had been pierced with his own sword and apparently strangled. His death lead to a widespread popular hysteria about a "Popish Plot". Although a magistrate famous for his fierce rectitude, Godfrey was closely involved with the alternative healer and "stroker", Valentine Greatrakes and also played a part in many plots and and intrigues centred on the uninhibited court of Charles II and Restoration London. His death brought to a head a series of rumours about Catholic plots to kill Charles II and install his brother, James, Duke of York, on the throne. Identified as the victim of a Jesuit hit-man, Godfrey became overnight a Protestant martyr and cult figure.
  • Författare: Alan Marshall
  • Illustratör: bibliography 15 illustrations index
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9780750921008
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 256
  • Utgivningsdatum: 1999-11-01
  • Förlag: The History Press Ltd