title: The King's Revenge: Charles II and the Greatest Manhunt in British History
author: Michael Walsh
description: A fast-paced, lively work<b><i>BBC History Magazine</i></b><br /><br />This is a terrific read<b><i>Spectator</i></b><br /><br />Jordan and Walsh provide a thoroughly entertaining account of these extraordinary events . . . a vivid and consuming piece of historical narrative<b>Andrew Holgate</b>, <b><i>Sunday Times</i></b><br /><br />In this beautifully detailed and seamlessly written book Jordan and Walsh shine a new light on Charles II . . . their energetic and masterful account makes for a Restoration romp worth reading<b><i>Sunday Express</i></b><br /><br />An absorbing history packed with more plotting than an episode of <i>The Borgias.</i><b><i>Booklist</i></b>
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  John Enderby
  
  
  [I](John%20Enderby_split_001.html#filepos1563)
  
  [II](John%20Enderby_split_001.html#filepos40554)
  
  [III](John%20Enderby_split_001.html#filepos57635)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # John Enderby
  
  
  ### Gilbert Parker
  
  
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  * I
  
  
  * II
  
  
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      This etext was produced by David Widger  widger@cecomet.net
  
  
  
  
  
  ### I
  
  
  Of all the good men that Lincolnshire gave to England to make her
  
  
  proud, strong and handsome, none was stronger, prouder and more
  
  
  handsome than John Enderby, whom King Charles made a knight against his
  
  
  will.
  
  
  “Your gracious Majesty,” said John Enderby, when the King was come
  
  
  to Boston town on the business of draining the Holland fen and other
  
  
  matters more important and more secret, “the honour your Majesty would
  
  
  confer is well beyond a poor man like myself, for all Lincolnshire
  
  
  knows that I am driven to many shifts to keep mysel