The King's Smuggler: Jane Whorwood, Secret Agent to Charles I [Hardcover]

John Fox (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2010

Jane Whorwood was one of Charles I’s closest confidantes. The wife of an Oxfordshire squire, when the court moved to Oxford in 1642, at the start of the Civil War, she helped the royalist cause by spying for the king, and smuggling gold (perhaps as much as 1,000 kg) to help pay for his army. When Charles was held captive by the Parliamentarians, from 1646 to 1649, she organized money, correspondence, several escape attempts, astrological advice, and a ship for him. New evidence even suggests that they may have had a brief affair. After his execution in 1649, Jane’s marriage collapsed in the one of the most public and acrimonious cases of the seventeenth century. John Fox describes the life of this fascinating woman, and the important role she played in the English Civil War.

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About the Author

John Fox is the author of a number of history books and contributed fifty history articles to the Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: The History Press (March 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0752450018
• ISBN-13: 978-0752450018
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,547,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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