Digby: The Gunpowder Plotter's Legacy

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Janus Publishing Company Lim, 2001 - Biography & Autobiography - 297 pages
The son of the disgraced gunpowder plotter and a brilliant scholar, Kenelm Digby eventually restored his family's honour and established himself at the English Court. This biography is compiled from family papers belonging to the author's mother, herself a member of the Digby family.
 

Contents

Early Days
1
Growing Up
22
An Education
36
Spain Again
48
Marriage to Venetia
66
The Mediterranean Adventure
75
Career Moves
108
Death and Remorse
125
Cromwells Pensioner
225
The Powder of Sympathy
233
Restoration
240
Latter Days
245
Appendix
255
Notes
259
Bibliography
271
Bibliography Research Sources
276

Retreat
137
Civil War
165
Sir John Digby
195
The Envoy
204

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