Bøger af Allan Fea

Content: The Young Admiral Of The Fleet, A Game Of Hide And Seek, The Duke Wins Laurels And Loses His Heart, James Marries The Chancellor's Daughter, James And His First Wife, The Duchess Dies, James Marries Again, The Papist Scare, Political And Domestic Troubles, Other Anxieties, Monmouth Versus York, Exit King Charles, The End Of Monmouth, The Countess Of Dorchester, James Defies The Law, James At Last Blessed With An Heir, The Rats Leave The Sinking Ship, King Leap's Daughters, The Queen Quits Whitehall With Her Baby, James Has Unpleasant Experiences In Kent, King James's Court At Faversham, From Rochester To Ambleteuse, Bloody Claviers, Ireland In 1689, The Campaign Of 1690, The Intended Invasion Of 1693, The Adventures Of A Jacobite In 1693, Le Roi Est Mort: Vive Le Roi, Requiescant In Pace, The Descendants Of King James, Index.

The secret chamber is unrivaled even by the haunted house for the mystery and romance surrounding it. Volumes have been written about the haunted house, while the secret chamber has found but few exponents. In the secret chamber, however, we have something tangible to deal with - a subject not only keenly interesting from an antiquarian point of view, but one deserving the attention of the general reader; for in exploring the gloomy hiding-holes, concealed apartments, passages, and staircases in our old halls and manor houses we probe, as it were, into the very ground work of romance. We find actuality to support the weird and mysterious stories of fiction. Originally published in 1904 with the subtitle: "Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, etc." Chapters include: A Great Deviser of "Priests' Holes"- Priest-Hunting at Braddocks - The Gunpowder Plot Conspirators - Mysterious Rooms, Deadly Pits, etc. - James II's Escapes - Concealed Doors - Subterranean Passages, etc. - Hiding-Places of Smugglers and Thieves - The Scottish Hiding-Places of Prince Charles Edward; etc. Illustrated throughout with stunning black and white engravings and photo illustrations. A very interesting and unique book that explores role of secret hiding places throughout English history.