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Turncoat : roundhead to royalist, the double life of Cromwell's spy

Sewell, Dennis2025
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George Downing came of age as a Puritan pioneer in colonial Massachusetts, before crossing the Atlantic to sign up for the English Civil War. He fast became Oliver Cromwell's chief of military intelligence and was later a diplomat and an MP. However, Downing spectacularly switched sides, shamelessly betraying his friends. He prospered under Charles II, yet he remains one of the most elusive figures of his age. In 'Turncoat' he emerges as the extraordinary - if troubling - anti-hero of his own life story.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Atlantic Books, 2025.
Collation:
x, 374 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781786498250 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
941.066092941.066941.066 SEWE
Language:
English
BRN:
2625383
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