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The Life Of Guy
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Author : Allan Metcalf
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2019
The Life Of Guy written by Allan Metcalf and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Had you said "What a guy!" in 17th-century England, anyone would have understood you were admiring a flaming effigy of Guy Fawkes of the Gunpowder Treason Plot. How times have changed! In America and, indeed, most of the English-speaking world, "guy" is so embedded in daily speech that we scarcely notice how odd it truly is: a singular "guy" referring to males only, a plural "guys" encompassing the entire human race. The journey from England's greatest villain to America's favorite second-person plural pronoun offers a story rich with surprising and unprecedented turns. Through his trademark breezy, highly readable style, acclaimed writer Allan Metcalf takes us deep into this history, uncovering the intrigue, murderous plots, and torture out of which the word emerged in 1605. From there, it's a thrilling run through 17th-century England, bloody religious controversies, and across the Atlantic to America, where the word took on a life of its own, exploding into popular culture and day-to-day conversation. From the disappearance of thou, to George Washington and the American Revolution, to the modern revival of Guy Fawkes in V for Vendetta, Metcalf explores the improbable history of a simple word so indispensable to our daily lives, and that evokes deep insights into the evolution of English itself.
The Life Of Guy Fawkes
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Author : Emma Lynch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
The Life Of Guy Fawkes written by Emma Lynch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Dissenters, Religious categories.
Life In The Past Victorian Britian
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Author : Emma Lynch
language : en
Publisher: Raintree Publishers
Release Date : 2006-03-27
Life In The Past Victorian Britian written by Emma Lynch and has been published by Raintree Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-27 with Dissenters, Religious categories.
One of a series of biographies of famous figures aimed at young readers aged 5-7.
Guy Fawkes Or A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason A D 1605
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Author : Thomas Lathbury
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2019-12-17
Guy Fawkes Or A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason A D 1605 written by Thomas Lathbury and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-17 with Fiction categories.
"Guy Fawkes; Or, A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605" by Thomas Lathbury. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Guy Fawkes
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Author : Sarah Ridley
language : en
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Release Date : 2013-04-01
Guy Fawkes written by Sarah Ridley and has been published by Franklin Watts this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-01 with Dissenters, Religious categories.
Find out about the lives of some of the most important people in history. From nurses and kings to great leaders and rebels, this series is a perfect introduction to the men and women that have helped to shape our world.
British Legends The Life And Legacy Of Guy Fawkes
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-09-25
British Legends The Life And Legacy Of Guy Fawkes written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-25 with categories.
*Includes pictures of Fawkes and important people, places, and events. *Analyzes the evolution of Guy Fawkes's legacy and how the 5th of November has been remembered and celebrated in Britain and America. "Remember, remember, the fifth of NovemberGunpowder treason and plotWe see no reasonWhy Gunpowder treasonShould ever be forgot" A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' British Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of Great Britain's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. In 1605, Guy Fawkes was one of over a dozen conspirators in the famous Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to assassinate England's King James I. When the plot was discovered on the 5th of November, Fawkes and other conspirators were quickly convicted and executed, and the King asked his subjects to remember 5 November as "the joyful day of deliverance". Fawkes was but one of a countless number of failed assassins, but in a perversely ironic way, the King's declaration ultimately turned 5 November into Guy Fawkes Day, a celebratory day that usually had children creating an effigy that would then be burned in a bonfire. While the effigy was usually Fawkes, others made it a custom to burn an effigy of the pope, a tradition that came to the Thirteen Colonies in America as well. Though he was only one of the plotters, Fawkes became the one most associated with the act, and he was viewed as a symbol of treason. A strange thing happened, however, in the 19th century, as Fawkes began to undergo a sort of character rehabilitation, beginning with William Harrison Ainsworth's 1841 historical fiction Guy Fawkes; or, The Gunpowder Treason. Suddenly, Fawkes became an anti-hero who had the best interest of the public and was taking action to effect change. Other British literature of the century depicted Fawkes as a kind of action hero. In 2005's Remember, Remember: A Cultural History of Guy Fawkes Day, writer J.A. Sharpe noted Fawks is sometimes remembered tongue-in-cheek as "the last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions." With that new perception of Fawkes taking hold, Fawkes managed to become a symbol of defiance against government. The popular movie V for Vendetta reintroduced Fawkes to American audiences, and Fawkes and the Guy Fawkes Mask have taken on a new life as a rally cry and symbol for groups protesting the government. The major hacking network Anonymous uses the Guy Fawkes Mask as its hallmark, and the Guy Fawkes Mask was a common sight at Occupy protests across America in 2011. British Legends: The Life and Legacy of Guy Fawkes looks at the life of the failed assassin and the Gunpowder Plot, but it also analyzes how Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot have been remembered over time and became a pop culture fixture. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events in his life, you will learn about Guy Fawkes like you never have before, in no time at all.
The Real Guy Fawkes
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Author : Nick Holland
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2017-10-30
The Real Guy Fawkes written by Nick Holland and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-30 with History categories.
This biography looks behind the mask of the seventeenth-century rebel who became a controversial folk hero for his role in the infamous Gunpowder Plot. Today, Guy Fawkes is an instantly recognizable symbol of violent rebellion across the globe. Some proudly dress in his image while others burn his effigy. But few people know the story of the man behind the legend. In The Real Guy Fawkes, biographer Nick Holland explores his eventful life and the complicated, dangerous era in which he lived. Born in York in 1570, Fawkes was raised Protestant, yet went on to plan mass murder for the Catholic cause. Prepared to risk everything and endanger countless lives, was he a freedom fighter, a treasonous fanatic, or merely a fool? Holland offers a fresh take on Fawkes’s early life, showing how he was radicalized into a Catholic mercenary and a key member of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. Featuring beautiful illustrations, this accessible and engaging biography combines contemporary accounts with modern analysis to reveal new motivations behind his actions.
Guy Fawkes And The Gunpowder Plot
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Author : Sarah Ridley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Guy Fawkes And The Gunpowder Plot written by Sarah Ridley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Dissenters, Religious categories.
Looks at the life of Guy Fawkes and the part that he played in the Gunpowder Plot.
Guy Fawkes
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Author : Clare Chandler
language : en
Publisher: Hodder Wayland
Release Date : 1995
Guy Fawkes written by Clare Chandler and has been published by Hodder Wayland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Great Britain categories.
Tells the life story of Guy Fawkes, best known for his part in the unsuccessful plot to blow up England's Houses of Parliament in 1605. Suggested level: primary.
Guy Fawkes
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Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
language : en
Publisher: BookRix
Release Date : 2019-06-15
Guy Fawkes written by William Harrison Ainsworth and has been published by BookRix this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-15 with History categories.
The execution of the penal laws enabled the king, by an ingenious comment, to derive considerable profit from his past forbearance. It was pretended that he had never forgiven the penalties of recusancy; he had merely forbidden them to be exacted for a time, in the hope that this indulgence would lead to conformity; but his expectations had been deceived; the obstinacy of the Catholics had grown with the lenity of the sovereign; and, as they were unworthy of further favour, they should now be left to the severity of the law. To their dismay, the legal fine of twenty pounds per lunar month was again demanded, and not only for the time to come, but for the whole period of the suspension; a demand which, by crowding thirteen payments into one, reduced many families of moderate incomes to a state of absolute beggary. Nor was this all. James was surrounded by numbers of his indigent countrymen. Their habits were expensive, their wants many, and their importunities incessant. To satisfy the more clamorous, a new expedient was devised. The king transferred to them his claims on some of the more opulent recusants, against whom they were at liberty to proceed by law, in his name, unless the sufferers should submit to compound, by the grant of an annuity for life, or the immediate payment of a considerable sum. This was at a time when the jealousies between the two nations had reached a height, of which, at the present day, we have but little conception. Had the money been carried to the royal coffers, the recusants would have had sufficient reason to complain; but that Englishmen should be placed by their king at the mercy of foreigners, that they should be stripped of their property to support the extravagance of his Scottish minions, this added indignity to injustice, exacerbated their already wounded feelings, and goaded the most moderate almost to desperation." From this deplorable state of things, which is by no means over-colored in the above description, sprang the Gunpowder Plot.