Who was the man in the iron mask? : and other historical mysteries
This is a title of historical "whodunits", in which the author uses techniques of modern detection to answer such questions as: Who was Elizabeth I's father?; Did Buckingham poison James I?; Who was the Man in the Iron Mask?; and who was King Charles I's executioner?
Anecdotes
377 pages ; 22 cm.
9780141390970, 0141390972
48109968
History and the writer
The death of William Rufus, 2 August 1100
The princes in the tower? 1485
The identity of Perkin Warbeck, 1491 to 1499
The parentage of Queen Elizabeth I, 1532 to 1536
The murder of Amy Robsart, 8 September 1560
HOlyrood and Kirk o' Field, 9 March 1566 and 10 February 1567
The Gowrie Conspiracy, 5 August 1600
The Gunpowder Plot, 1604 to 1605
The murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, 14 September 1613
The poisoning of King James I, 5 March 1625
The assassination of Colonel Rainsborough, 29 October 1648
The executioner of King Charles I, 30 January 1649
The Campden Wonder, 16 August 1660
The mystery of James de la Cloche, 11 April 1668 to 31 August 1669
The man in the iron mask, 1669 to 1703
The murder of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, 12 to 17 October 1678
The innocence of Sir John Fenwick, 1688 to 1697
The Appin murder, 14 May 1752
The diamond necklace, 1772 to 1791
The wives of King George IV, 15 December 1785 to 19 July 1821
"The majority of pieces in this book (which include Historical Whodunits and Enigmas of History, both now long out of print) were originally broadcast on a popular wavelength ..."--Page [9]
Originally published as a collection: London : Michael Joseph, 1974