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Colonel Blood

18 Jun

Colonel Thomas Blood – The Irishman Who Stole England’s Crown Jewels.

This extraordinary historical figure was an “almost certain influence” (together with Captain Morgan – the pirate, not the rum) behind Raphael Sabitini’s “Captain Blood”

In this week’s news:

www.express.co.uk/news/history/583208/Crown-jewels-Tower-of-London-Colonel-Thomas-Blood…

See, also:

tvtropes.org…

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All of Captain Blood's elaborate plans to steal the crown of England came to nothing

— Tim

 
 

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