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xxxv, 347 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-329) and index. |
| Contents |
List of illustrations -- Family trees -- Map of the conspirators in the Midlands -- Author's note -- Prologue. Bountiful beginnings -- Pt. one. Before the fruit was ripe. Whose head for the crown? ; The honest papists ; Diversity of opinions -- Pt. two. The horse of St. George. A king and his cubs ; Spanish charity ; Catesby as Phaeton -- Pt. three. That furious and fiery course. So sharpe a remedy ; Pernicious gunpowder ; There is a risk . . . ; Dark and doubtful letter -- Pt. four. Discovery -- by God or the devil. Mr Fawkes is taken ; The gentler tortures ; Fire and brimstone ; These wretches -- Pt. five. The shadow of death. The heart of a traitor ; The Jesuits' treason ; Farewells ; Satan's policy? |
| Summary |
With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story, Antonia Fraser brings the characters and events of the Gunpowder Plot to life. Dramatically recreating the conditions and motives that surrounded the fateful night of 5 November 1605, she unravels the tangled web of religion and politics that spawned the plot. 'Told with impressive scholarship and panache'The result is a narrative that is clear, balanced, and builds to its denouement with a sense of pace and tension worthy of a John le Carre novel' John Adamson, Sunday Telegraph. |
| Subject |
Gunpowder Plot, 1605.
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Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625.
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Gunpowder Plot (1605) (OCoLC)fst00949430
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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| Chronological Term |
1603-1625
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
029781348X |
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9780297813484 |
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