Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

Author: Lettice Cooper

Publisher: Ipso Books

Published: 2018-10-24

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 1504059174

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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.

Guy Fawkes; Or, A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605
Guy Fawkes; Or, A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605

Author: Thomas Lathbury

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-17

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13:

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"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.

Treason
Treason

Author: Hedi Kaddour

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2010-04-06

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0300162987

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Hédi Kaddour’s poetry arises from observation, from situations both ordinary and emblematic—of contemporary life, of human stubbornness, human invention, or human cruelty. With Treason, the award-winning poet and translator Marilyn Hacker presents an English-speaking audience with the first selected volume of his work. The poetries of several languages and literary traditions are lively and constant presences in the work of Hédi Kaddour, a Parisian as well as a Germanist and an Arabist. A walker’s, a watcher’s, and a listener’s poems, his sonnet-shaped vignettes often include a line or two of dialogue that turns his observations and each poem itself into a kind of miniature theater piece. Favoring compact, classical models over long verse forms, Kaddour questions the structures of syntax and the limits of poetic form, combining elements of both international modernism and postmodernism with great sophistication. Capturing Kaddour’s full range of diction, as well as his speed, momentum, and tone, Marilyn Hacker’s translations brilliantly bring these poems alive.

The Gunpowder Treason
The Gunpowder Treason

Author: Michael Dax

Publisher: Carter & Allan

Published: 2018-12-01

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13:

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"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

Treason By The Book
Treason By The Book

Author: Jonathan Spence

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2012-04-05

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 0241959144

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In 1728 a stranger handed a letter to Governor Yue calling on him to lead a rebellion against the Manchu rulers of China. Feigning agreement, he learnt the details of the plot and immediately informed the Emperor, Yongzheng. The ringleaders were captured with ease, forced to recant and, to the confusion and outrage of the public, spared. Drawing on an enormous wealth of documentary evidence - over a hundred and fifty secret documents between the Emperor and his agents are stored in Chinese archives - Jonathan Spence has recreated this revolt of the scholars in fascinating and chilling detail. It is a story of unwordly dreams of a better world and the facts of bureaucratic power, of the mind of an Emperor and of the uses of his mercy.

Faith and Treason
Faith and Treason

Author: Antonia Fraser

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2014-04-30

Total Pages: 557

ISBN-13: 0804152624

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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.

Guy Fawkes; or, The gunpowder treason
Guy Fawkes; or, The gunpowder treason

Author: William Harrison Ainsworth

Publisher:

Published: 1841

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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"The first of William Harrison Ainsworth's seven "Lancashire novels", the story is based on the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, an unsuccessful attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Ainsworth relied heavily on historical documents describing the trial and execution of the conspirators, of whom Fawkes was one, but he also embellished the known facts. He invented the character of Viviana Radcliffe, daughter of the prominent Radcliffe family of Ordsall Hall - who becomes Fawkes's wife - and introduced gothic and supernatural elements into the story, such as the ability of the alchemist, John Dee, to raise the spirits of the dead"--From Wikipedia, viewed January 16, 2024.