The Gunpowder Plot: Classic Histories SeriesThe History Press, 2011 M11 8 - 192 pages Every child has heard of Guy Fawkes and will most likely have watched a 'guy' being burnt on a bonfire and fireworks lighting up the night sky on Bonfire Night. This book answers the questions of history that lie behind the celebrations of 5 November. Who was Guy Fawkes and how to did he come to be below the chamber of the House of Lords in the first hour of 5 November 1605? What desperation drove those involved to plan a horrific massacre of the Protestant royal family and government? Alan Hayne's 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. In this updated edition he gathers together startling evidence to uncover the depth and extent of the plot, and how close the plotters came to de-stabilising the government in one of the most notorious terrorist plots of British history. This enthralling book will grip the general reader, while the scope of its detailed research will require historians of the period to consider again the commanding importance of the plot throughout the seventeenth century. |
Contents
The Politics of Salvation | |
Plotters in Exile | |
The Failed Plots | |
The Gentlemen of the Sword | |
The Hand of Providence | |
Spies and Soundings | |
Treasons Discovery | |
After Midnight | |
The Second Wave | |
Sharp Additions | |
The Plot the Playwright and the Poets | |
The Gunpowder Commemorative Painting | |
The Swords of the Gentlemen | |
Abbreviations Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Transgression on Trial | |