{"product_id":"the-triumphs-of-providence-the-assassination-plot-1696-paperback-9780521089302","title":"The Triumphs of Providence; The Assassination Plot, 1696 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521089302","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Triumphs of Providence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Assassination Plot, 1696\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a full account of the last attempt to restore James II to the throne, which he lost to William and Mary in 1688.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJane Garrett (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521089302, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 November 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. The Fifth Column: 1. The genesis of Jacobitism\u003cbr\u003e 2. King James's men\u003cbr\u003e 3. A quartet of conspirators\u003cbr\u003e 4. The secret armies\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'If it be not now, yet it will come'\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Plot: 6. 'King James is a 'coming'\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'A hunting we will go'\u003cbr\u003e 8. The betrayal\u003cbr\u003e 9. 'Let them see how strictly we are united'\u003cbr\u003e 10. The hunters hunted\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Retribution: 11. 'The highest crime'\u003cbr\u003e 12. The trial of Charnock, King and Keyes\u003cbr\u003e 13. The trials of Sir John Friend and Sir William Parkyns\u003cbr\u003e 14. An execution and its aftermath\u003cbr\u003e 15. The trials of Rookwood, Cranburne and Lockwick\u003cbr\u003e 16. Final Payments.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006371189016,"sku":"9780521089302","price":29.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521089302i.jpg?v=1694969446","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-triumphs-of-providence-the-assassination-plot-1696-paperback-9780521089302","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}