The Unfortunate Colonel Despard by Mike Jay

The Unfortunate Colonel Despard

Mike Jay

329 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

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The story of Edward Despard, a celebrated and decorated British infantry officer executed as a traitor in 1803 for plotting to establish a republic, is a window into a remarkable period of British history; a time when democracy was undergoing its ...

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