Robert Ferguson, the Plotter: Or the Secret of the Rye-house Conspiracy and the Story of a Strange Career - Couverture rigide
Synopsis
Robert Ferguson's book, ""The Plotter: Or The Secret Of The Rye-House Conspiracy And The Story Of A Strange Career"" is a historical account of the Rye-House Plot, a failed assassination attempt on King Charles II and his brother James, Duke of York, in 1683. The book details the involvement of Robert Ferguson, a Scottish political agitator, in the conspiracy and his subsequent arrest and imprisonment. Ferguson's life and career are also explored in the book, including his earlier involvement in the Monmouth Rebellion and his later activities as a pamphleteer and political commentator. The author provides a detailed analysis of Ferguson's motives and beliefs, as well as his impact on the political climate of the time.The book is written in a narrative style, with detailed descriptions of the events leading up to the Rye-House Plot and the subsequent trials and executions of the conspirators. It also includes excerpts from Ferguson's own writings, providing insight into his political views and motivations.Overall, ""The Plotter"" is a fascinating account of a pivotal moment in British history, and a detailed exploration of the life and career of one of its most controversial figures.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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