Colonel Blood - Soldier, Robber and Trickster has it all: royalty,
love-affairs, lusty wenches, war and fighting. But above all, an
incredible robbery. This is the life of self-styled 'Colonel' Thomas
Blood, the 17th century dashing Anglo-Irish adventurer who
achieved fame by (almost) succeeding in stealing the Crown Jewels in
1671.
But Blood did much more. He changed sides from being a Royalist to a
Roundhead during the Civil War and also became involved in several
treasonous plots. He saved a friend from being hanged and twice
attempted to kidnap his longtime enemy, the Duke of Osborne. But despite
being caught after his failed jewel robbery, he was saved by King
Charles II. Why was the king so magnanimous? What hold did Blood have
over the 'Merry Monarch'?
D. Lawrence-Young has written one crime and over twenty historical
novels which have been published in the UK, USA and Israel. He loves
writing about Shakespeare and the picturesque characters who make
English history so fascinating.