Ties of Blood and Friendship: The Complicated Life of Francis Lynn by Patrick Da

Description: Ties of Blood and Friendship by Patrick Darby Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description In June 1678 two young men fought a duel near Sheerness. One of them was a Navy lieutenant in the garrison there; the other worked in the adjoining royal dockyard. The lieutenant was fatally stabbed; his opponent survived, prospered, and many years later became a Navy Commissioner. He was befriended by a younger colleague who married the dead mans daughter. Nearly fifty years after the duel, the survivor - perhaps as an act of atonement - left his mansion-house to the younger man, whose "best friend" was a Regimental Agent turned Jacobite supporter heavily involved in attempts to overthrow the Hanoverian dynasty and whose activities that younger man and his brother helped to finance. The plot of a work of historical fiction? No, all true, and documented in publicly-available records to an often astonishing extent. From 1662 to 1753 four inter-related families successively owned that mansion: Hall Place, overlooking Dulwich Common, five miles south of London. The last of those owners was the Navy lieutenants daughter, and her husband was Francis Lynn, who from 1720 until his death was Secretary to the Royal African Company, trading in ivory, gold, and slaves. Francis and his younger brother Samuel financially aided their friend Captain William Morgan, who amongst other exploits assisted Lord Bolingbroke, formerly one of Queen Annes Chief Ministers, in his escape to France in 1715. Ties of Blood and Friendship tells the story of Francis Lynn (1671-1731). Using his hitherto largely unpublished diary, correspondence, and many public sources, it details his relationships with his benefactor Samuel Hunter, his own brother Samuel, and Capt. Morgan. Each had his own circle of friends, relatives, acquaintances and adversaries - often the same people in different guises - to complicate the story. It takes the reader on a journey through - amongst other places - Westminster, Cambridge, Dulwich, Sheerness, Chiswick, Tidmarsh (Berkshire), Bacton and Cotton (Suffolk), Nova Scotia, Paris, Madrid, and west Africa. The book also touches on the civil service in Queen Annes reign, the 1722 Atterbury Plot, and 17th/18th-century inheritance law, including everything you will ever need to know (and more) about copyhold. Details ISBN 1541253558 ISBN-13 9781541253551 Title Ties of Blood and Friendship Author Patrick Darby Format Paperback Year 2017 Pages 344 Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform GE_Item_ID:127570921; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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