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CHARLES II. Murder will out : or, the king's letter

Currency:EUR Category:Antiques / Books & Manuscripts Start Price:10.00 EUR Estimated At:120.00 - 160.00 EUR
CHARLES II. Murder will out : or, the king's letter

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Auction Date:2012 Oct 20 @ 11:00 (UTC+1)
Location:38 Molesworth Street, Dublin, Dublin, ., Ireland
CHARLES II. Murder will out : or, the king's letter, justifying the Marquess of Antrim [Randal MacDonnel], and declaring, that what he did in the Irish Rebellion, was by direction from his royal father and mother, and for the service of the crown. London, Printed 16898-pages, 4to, recent quarter morocco, gilt, with label, gilt : a very good copy.Wing C 3191a. See Sweeney 1053. First published at London in 1663, this 1689 printing seems somewhat scarcer. Antrim's extraordinary career as a Caroline loyalist, Catholic confederate, Cromwellian collaborator, and Restoration pragmatist caused him to be vilified by his contemporaries and by later historians. In July 1663 Charles II declared him 'innocent of any malice or rebellious purpose towards the crown’ and ordered Ormond to assist him to recover his estates by making known the king's wishes to the commissioners of the court of claims. Adventurers and soldiers who had acquired farms on the Antrim estate immediately protested and the publication of this pamphlet drew attention to their grievances.IRELAND; WING; HISTORY; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;