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Paul Doherty The Great Crown Jewels Robbery of 1303: The Extraordinary Story of the First Big Bank Raid in History
Carroll & Graf 2005-09-26 0786716649 / 9780786716647 First Edition Hardcover New Dust Jacket: New Hardcover
First Edition Hardcover. In the reign of king Charles II (1660-85), there was a famous atempt to steal the crown jewels by the memorably named Colonel Blood. However, Blood's conspiracy was not the first such plot. Three centuries earlier, in 1303, Edward I of England (of Braveheart fame) was north of the Scottish border attempting to crush William Wallace, secure in the knowledge that he had stashed his royal treasure safely behind iron-bound doors in Westminster Abbey --- a place of sanctity reputed to house Christ's body, and inhabited by pious Benedictine monks. Enter Richard Puddilcott: a former merchant and a charming, dissolute rogue with a grudge against the king. He infiltrated the Abbey's inner circle and managed to help himself to a good part of thetreasure. The King's furry knew no bounds, but Puddlicott ran the King's men a merry dance before eventually being captured and sent, along with 40 monks, to his death at Westminster. This exhilerating tale of cunning, deceit, lechery, monks, pimps and prostitutes tells the story of the first great bank robbery in history.
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