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The Gunpowder Plot

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Author : Antonia Fraser
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-06-24

The Gunpowder Plot written by Antonia Fraser and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-24 with History categories.

Remember, remember, the Fifth of November ... With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story, Antonia Fraser brings the characters and events of the Gunpowder Plot to life. Dramatically recreating the conditions and motives that surrounded the fateful night of 5 November 1605, she unravels the tangled web of religion and politics that spawned the plot. 'An excellent book which unravels the whole story of the plot' Literary Review 'Told with impressive scholarship and panache ... with a sense of pace and tension worthy of a John le Carré novel' Sunday Telegraph

Investigating Gunpowder Plot

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Author : Mark Nicholls
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1991

Investigating Gunpowder Plot written by Mark Nicholls and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.

"This book takes a fresh look at the most famous treason case in English history, a complex tale of treachery, suspicion, rebellion and retribution. [The author] shows how, starting with the most slender of leads, the Jacobean government built up a full picture of the conspiracy and tracked down the guilty men and brought them to justice. The story does not end with the bloody executions of Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators in 1606. For the first time in a book on the Gunpowder treason, [the author] investigates in depth the role in the plot played by the ninth earl of Northumberland, seen by many as the plotters' logical choice for a protector of the realm after blast, who was imprisoned in the Tower for sixteen years on suspicion of complicity. By examining the earl's political career in the years around 1605, the author shows how the government investigations, though shedding much light on the plot, never revealed the whole truth. [The author] cuts through the distortions of centuries of political and religious propaganda to explain the real motives of the Gunpowder plotters. [The author] disposes of the 'conspiracy theory, ' which holds that the king's chief minister, Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, framed the conspirators for his own political purposes, and ... sheds considerable light on the workings of early Jacobean government, particularly the privy council. [This book] should appeal to anyone interested in English history, as well as historians and students of seventeenth-century England"--

The Life Of Guy

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Author : Allan A. Metcalf
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019

The Life Of Guy written by Allan A. Metcalf and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.

"Guy" and "guys" are used so ubiquitously in daily conversation, we scarcely notice them. But both derive from the name of England's greatest terrorist, Guy Fawkes. Acclaimed expert on words Allan Metcalf dives deep into the strange and unprecedented history of America's favorite and most controversial pronoun. Along the way, a cast of characters as interesting as Guy Fawkes himself make an appearance, including kings and queens of England, popes, George Washington, show tunes' crooners, and today's Occupy protesters.

The Gunpowder Plot Deceit

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Author : Martyn R. Beardsley
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2018-10-30

The Gunpowder Plot Deceit written by Martyn R. Beardsley and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-30 with True Crime categories.

Most people think they know the story of the Gunpowder Plot, and of how a bloody catastrophe was averted at the eleventh hour when Guy Fawkes was caught lurking in the shadows beneath the Houses of Parliament.But what if it wasnt like that at all? How was it that a group of prominent, disaffected Catholics were able to plot for months with apparent impunity? How could they openly rent a house next door to the House of Lords and use it as their base right under the nose of the leading spymaster of the age, Robert Cecil? How could they have hacked a tunnel towards their target and dispose of tonnes of spoil without alerting anyone and why is there no record of anyone ever having seen such a tunnel?This book explores the idea that the government was not only aware of what the plotters were up to long before Fawkes arrest, but that agent-provocateurs may have given them a helping hand or have even instigated the plot themselves.

Remember Remember The Fifth Of November

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Author : James Sharpe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Remember Remember The Fifth Of November written by James Sharpe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Great Britain categories.

Guy Fawkes is amongst the most celebrated figures in English history and Bonfire Night is a remarkably long lived and very English tradition. But why is it that in a modern, multicultural society people still turn out every November to commemorate a planned act of treason and terrorism which was defeated four hundred years ago? Had the Gunpowder Plot succeeded and the Catholics managed to blow up the king, the royal family and Parliament, English history would have been shaped by a terrorist act of unprecedented proportions, shattering in terms of both the damage inflicted and its propaganda value. James Sharpe examines the fateful night of 5 November 1605 and the tangled web of religion and politics which gave rise to the plot. He uncovers how celebration of the event, and of Guy Fawkes, the one gunpowder plotter everyone remembers, has changed over the centuries. Today, although most of the religious connotations have long been ignored, the bonfires remain. The festival created in 1605 by the state and church to commemorate a failed act of Catholic terrorism, now provides an annual raison d'être for the firework industry and an annual source of concern for Britain's cat owners. Every year the crowds gather, the bonfires are lit and the firework displays dazzle again. Interestingly however, the tradition is fast changing and reverting to the pre-Gunpowder Plot festival (now much Americanised) of Halloween.

Investigating Gunpowder Plot

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Author : Mark Nicholls
language : en
Publisher: Manchester [England] ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 1991

Investigating Gunpowder Plot written by Mark Nicholls and has been published by Manchester [England] ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.

The Gunpowder Plot

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Author : Alan Haynes
language : en
Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing
Release Date : 1994

The Gunpowder Plot written by Alan Haynes and has been published by Alan Sutton Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.

Alan Haynes uncovers the truth about this Catholic conspiracy. His probing analysis offers the clearest, most balanced view yet of often conflicting evidence, as he disentangles the threads of disharmony, intrigue, betrayal, terror and retribution.