The Triumphs of Providence
The Triumphs of Providence
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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.
Product details
- Published: November 2008
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780521089302
- Length: 312 pages
- Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 18 mm
- Weight: 0.46kg
- Availability: Available
Table of Contents
- Part I. The Fifth Column:
- 1. The genesis of Jacobitism
- 2. King James's men
- 3. A quartet of conspirators
- 4. The secret armies
- 5. 'If it be not now, yet it will come'
- Part II. The Plot:
- 6. 'King James is a 'coming'
- 7. 'A hunting we will go'
- 8. The betrayal
- 9. 'Let them see how strictly we are united'
- 10. The hunters hunted
- Part III. Retribution:
- 11. 'The highest crime'
- 12. The trial of Charnock, King and Keyes
- 13. The trials of Sir John Friend and Sir William Parkyns
- 14. An execution and its aftermath
- 15. The trials of Rookwood, Cranburne and Lockwick
- 16. Final Payments.
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