Gunpowder Plot

Haynes, Alan

ISBN 10: 1856279952 / ISBN 13: 9781856279956

Published by Grange Books, 1994

Like New condition. Very Good dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects. Seller Inventory # Y11I-01170

Synopsis:

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 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 Haynes’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 new, 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.

About the Author: Alan Haynes is a prolific writer on Elizabethan and seventeenth-century history. A member of the Royal Historical Society, his other books include Walsingham, The Elizabethan Secret Services and Sex in Elizabethan England. He lives in Beckenham, Kent.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Gunpowder Plot
Publisher: Grange Books
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included