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Dan Snow's History Hit

Greatest Heist in History: The Crown Jewels and Thomas Blood

09 May 2021

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On the 9 May 1671, Thomas Blood led his co-conspirators in a daring bid to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. Through a combination of trickery, guile and violence he was able to make off with Charles II's crown and some of the most important treasures in the kingdom. To help tell this astonishing tale, Sebastian Edwards, Deputy chief curator at Tower of London joins the podcast to explain how Blood nearly got away with the greatest heist of the 17th century. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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