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The Triumphs of Providence - The Assassination Plot, 1696 (Paperback)
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The Triumphs of Providence - The Assassination Plot, 1696 (Paperback)
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This is a full account of the last attempt to restore James II to
the throne, which he lost to William and Mary in 1688. The
Assassination Plot of 1696 aroused enormous contemporary interest,
and here re-emerges as a fascinating episode of considerable
importance for our appreciation of the political world of the
1690s. But the book is as much concerned with personalities as
events, and offers a compelling narrative of day-to-day life in
late seventeenth-century England as well as insights into the
personalities and political attitudes of William III and the exiled
James II. Early in 1696, Louis XIV lent ships and men to James to
help him regain his kingdom. To coincide with the French invasion,
a rising was secretly organized by the Jacobites in England.
However, as neither side would take the initiative the murder of
William III, planned by a group of Jacobites in London, was seen as
a way out of the deadlock. The plot was betrayed on the eve of the
murder attempt and most of the conspirators were apprehended.
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