The Unfortunate Colonel Despard: And the British Revolution that Never Happened by Mike Jay
The Unfortunate Colonel Despard: And the British Revolution that Never Happened

Mike Jay

The Unfortunate Colonel Despard: And the British Revolution that Never Happened

Mike Jay

304 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

biography history challenging emotional informative medium-paced
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In February 1803, Colonel Edward Marcus Despard became the last person to be hung, drawn and quartered for high treason. He had led an extraordinary life, first as a military leader and then as a political activist, and his fate was the climax to ...

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