Matthew Dennison

It takes a thief…

Robert Hutchinson glamorises the ‘mapcap, harum-scarum escapades’ of Thomas Blood, but this 17th-century rogue was no Scarlet Pimpernel

Irish-born soldier and adventurer Colonel Thomas Blood (Photo: Getty) 
issue 23 May 2015

  • The Audacious Crimes of Colonel Blood

    Robert Hutchinson

    Weidenfeld, pp. 341

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