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Lawson Lies Still in the Thames: The Extraordinary Life of Vice-Admiral Sir John Lawson
Gill Blanchard
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Hardback. The story of an ordinary seaman born in Scarborough who would go on to play a key role in some of the major events of seventeenth-century England. Num Pages: 304 pages, 35. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
At the beginning of his diary, on 1st January 1660, Samuel Pepys noted that `Lawson lies still in the River'. A mere two weeks before, amid rioting in the streets of London and with Parliament under the control of the army, Vice-Admiral John Lawson had taken a fleet of twenty-two warships into the Thames and, in defence of Parliament, blockaded the city. Despite being a staunch republican, Lawson would later aid the Restoration of Charles II, and died from wounds received in battle during the Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1665. This biography charts the ... Read more
At the beginning of his diary, on 1st January 1660, Samuel Pepys noted that `Lawson lies still in the River'. A mere two weeks before, amid rioting in the streets of London and with Parliament under the control of the army, Vice-Admiral John Lawson had taken a fleet of twenty-two warships into the Thames and, in defence of Parliament, blockaded the city. Despite being a staunch republican, Lawson would later aid the Restoration of Charles II, and died from wounds received in battle during the Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1665. This biography charts the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445661230
SKU
V9781445661230
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99-44
About Gill Blanchard
Gill Blanchard is a historical biographer, a writer of local histories, professional genealogist and house historian, based in Norwich. She has had four books published on tracing family and house histories and writing a family history, and writes regularly for national magazines on related topics. Other publications pending include an anatomy of a scandal in Norfolk in 1836 and a ... Read more
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