Samuel Pepys and the Strange Wrecking of the Gloucester
by Nigel Pickford
Reviewed by
Sue Nicholson
In 1682 a fleet of eight ships set sail from London to Edinburgh carrying James, Duke of York north to reunite with his wife Mary of Modena. Charles II was by now an ageing monarch, in poor health. He wanted to establish his younger brother and sister-in-law as rightful heirs to the throne, and with all due haste. Mary was pregnant and despite their Catholic religion…
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