The Atterbury Plot by H. Erskine-Hill, E. Cruickshanks

312 pages hardcover

3 editions

nonfiction history medium-paced
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Robert Walpole foiled the Atterbury Plot by preventive arrests and holding those he suspected illegally without bail or trial. When Parliament met and the Habeas Corpus Act was suspended, he used show trials, decided by votes along party lines and...

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