Traitor to the Crown: The Untold Story of the Popish Plot and the Consipiracy Against Samuel Pepys

By JAMES D. LONG

1679, England: Fear of conspiracy and religious terrorism have provoked panic in politicians and a zealous reaction from the legal system. Everywhere?or so it is feared?Catholic agents are plotting to overthrow the King. Samuel Pepys, Secretary of the Admiralty, finds himself charged with treason and facing a show trial and execution. Imprisoned in the Tower of London, Pepys sets to work investigating his mysterious accuser, Colonel John Scott, and uncovers a life riddled with ambition, forgery, treason and?ultimately?murder.

Using rare access to Pepys? account of the affair, James Long and Ben Long brilliantly evoke a turbulent period in England?s history?and tell the forgotten story of the two most dangerous years in the life of the legendary diarist.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Release date: Nov 3, 2009
• ISBN: 9781468306194

JAMES D. LONG

James D. Long served as chairman of the psychology department at Appalachian State University and is currently a professor emeritus. He co-aurhored a number of books including: Manage Your Life; Making It Till Friday; Strategies of Self-Improvement for Teachers; and Career Markers for Psychology Majors. Long has published twenty-five articles in professional journals. The Gift Within is his first book for children.