1740 Examen – Roger North | Defense of King Charles II, England Popish Plot

1740 Examen – Roger North | Defense of King Charles II, England Popish Plot

Roger North was a 17^th-century English biographer who was heavily involved in the Popish Plot. Unlike his brothers Francis and Dudley, Roger remained neutral in battles between Charles II and the Catholic conspirators. While North is better known for his book ‘Lives of the Norths’, he did publish a well-known book which defended Charles II as a good king.

‘Examen’, as the book is known, sought to prove the Catholic conspiracies were filled with lies and deceit and hoped to expose the truths of Popish Plot. It also served as rebuttal to White Kennett’s “History of England”, who spoke negatively of the king. North’s work was not published until 1740 – many years after his death and the Plot itself.

According to Lowndes,

“Like the other works of the same author, the Examen is valuable for the many original anecdotes it contains, and the view it presents of party politics.”

Item number: #28254

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NORTH, Roger

Examen : or an enquiry into the credit and veracity of a pretended complete history; shewing the perverse and wicked design of it, and the many falsities and abuses of truth contained in it

London: Fletcher Gyles, 1740. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [16], xiv, 15-692, [24]
• References: Lowndes 1703; Allibone 1436; ESTC T 147677
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Lord Sandys
  • Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys PC (1695–1770) was an English Whig politician and peer who represented Worcester in the British House of Commons from 1718 until 1743 when he was created Baron Sandys. He held numerous posts in the government of the United Kingdom, namely Chancellor of the Exchequer, Leader of the House of Commons, Cofferer of the Household and First Lord of Trade.
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~11in X 8.5in (27.5cm x 22cm)

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