The colonel and the queen

Abstract

Chapter XIX of the biography of Goodwin Wharton (1653 - 1704) follows Wharton's career from the spring of 1692 through December, 1694, recounting his disappointments at the hands of God, the angels, the lowlanders (fairies) and miscellaneous spirits and his emergence as a power in Parliament and his adventures in the military campaigns of 1694. It describes such major events in Wharton's life as his second deep-sea diving expedition to Tobermory, the Battle of Camaret Bay and the death of Queen Mary II.

Files

Additional details