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"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"--
In England, November 5 is Guy Fawkes Day, when fireworks displays commemorate the shocking moment in 1605 when government authorities uncovered a secret plan to blow up the House of Parliament--and King James I along with it. A group of English Catholics, seeking to unseat the king and reintroduce Catholicism as the state religion, daringly placed thirty-six barrels of gunpowder in a cellar under the Palace of Westminster. Their aim was to ignite the gunpowder at the opening of the Parliamentary session. Though the charismatic Catholic, Robert Catesby, was the group's leader, it was the devout Guy Fawkes who emerged as its most famous member, as he was the one who was captured and who revealed under torture the names of his fellow plotters. In the aftermath of their arrests, conditions grew worse for English Catholics, as legal penalties against them were stiffened and public sentiment became rabidly intolerant. In a narrative that reads like a gripping detective story, Antonia Fraser has untangled the web of religion, politics, and personalities that surrounded that fateful night of November 5. And, in examining the lengths to which individuals will go for their faith, she finds in this long-ago event a reflection of the religion-inspired terrorism that has produced gunpowder plots of our own time.
The acclaimed author of The New House brings to life the 1605 plot to blow up the House of Lords and assassinate King James I in a vividly imagined novel. “Please to remember, The Fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot.” —Traditional English Rhyme The legend of Guy Fawkes and the infamous Gunpowder Plot is a deeply rooted part of English identity. The fateful events of November 5, 1605 are still celebrated across the country with bonfires, sparklers, and the now-ubiquitous Guy Fawkes mask. But few revelers know the real story behind one of the most infamous conspiracies ever attempted. How did a small band of Catholic conspirators organize such an audacious plot? Were they noble freedom fighters or merely seventeenth century terrorists? In this meticulously researched historical novel, Lettice Cooper conjures the desperation and danger behind one of the most significant events in modern history.
"A dangerous disease requires a desperate remedy..." Robert Catesby is a man in despair. His wife is dead and his country is under siege. A new king presents a new hope but the persecution of Catholics in England continues unabated and Catesby can tolerate it no longer. King James bears responsibility but the whole government must be eradicated if anything is to really change. And Catesby has a plan. The Gunpowder Treason is a fast-paced historical thriller. Every character is based on a real person and almost every scene is derived from eye-witness accounts. This is the story of the Gunpowder Plot, as told by the people who were there... ***** Keywords: historical thriller, historical fiction, treason, thriller, historical, powder, history novel, gunpowder. gunpowder plot, powder treason, guy fawkes, guido fawkes, robert catesby, parliament, houses of parliament, terrorism, terrorism fiction, terrorist, terrorists, terrorists fiction, historical terrorist, historical terrorists, catholicism, catholic plot, protestantism, protestant plot, regicide, blowing up parliament, regime change, remember remember the fifth of november, fifth of november, 5th november, bonfire night, tom wintour, thomas wintour, lord monteagle, monteagle letter, the monteagle letter, francis tresham, james i, james vi, king james, king james i, king james vi, holbeach house, fireworks night, bonfire night fiction, guy fawkes fiction, guy fawkes mystery, thomas percy, holbeach massacre, scottish king, stuart king, stuart kings, matchlock, jack wright, john wright, powder plot, gunpowder treason, gunpowder treason and plot, english plot, english king, monarchy, true crime fiction, antonia fraser, hilary mantel, v for vendetta, fireworks, elizabeth i, house of lords, king james bible, catholic, protestant, tunnel, digging a tunnel, execution, hung drawn and quartered, capital punishment, hanging, priest hole, jesuit, jesuits, recusant, recusancy, religious law, holbeach, terrorist fiction, robert cecil, robert wintour, sir everard digby, everard digby, stephen littleton, edmund doubleday, sir thomas knyvett, thomas knyvett, oswald tesimond, henry garnet, ambrose rookwood, holbeach massacre, holbeache house, holbeche, holbeche massacre, holbeche house, wolf hall, antonia fraser, philippa gregory, victoria holt, georgette heyer, cj samson, fawkes, catesby