‘Oliver the Spy’
‘Oliver the Spy’ became the mythic villain of generations of English radicals after allegedly egging on the Pentrich rebels in June 1817, and then betraying them. Three were executed as a result. Oliver's real name may have been William Richards, but no one knows for certain, because he vanished afterwards.
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