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Book The Gunpowder Plot

    Book Details:
  • Author : Francis G. Fawkes
  • Publisher : Ernst Klett Sprachen
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 9783125454712
  • Pages : 40 pages

Download or read book The Gunpowder Plot written by Francis G. Fawkes and published by Ernst Klett Sprachen. This book was released on 2008 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gebannt verbringt Guy Stunden vor seinem Computer: Dank seiner neuen CD-Rom ist er in das Jahr 1605 zurückversetzt und erfährt von den spannenden Ereignissen, die zu dem Tag führen, der heute noch in England als Guy Fawkes Day gefeiert wird. (Quelle: www.klett.de).

Book Investigating Gunpowder Plot

Download or read book Investigating Gunpowder Plot written by Mark Nicholls and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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"--

Book Guy Fawkes for Kids

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrew Thompson
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-11-04
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 25 pages

Download or read book Guy Fawkes for Kids written by Andrew Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of what happened to make the 5th of November become so famous in English history. Remember, remember! The 5th of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot; There is no reason Why the Gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! This short story is about Catholic conspirator Guy Fawkes, who was part of the infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605. It explains the origins of the English 5th of November celebrations with humorous cartoon-style illustrations to bring the story alive.

Book The Gunpowder Plot

    Book Details:
  • Author : Antonia Fraser
  • Publisher : Hachette UK
  • Release : 2010-06-24
  • ISBN : 0297857932
  • Pages : 438 pages

Download or read book The Gunpowder Plot written by Antonia Fraser and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-06-24 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remember, remember, the Fifth of November ... 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. 'An excellent book which unravels the whole story of the plot' Literary Review 'Told with impressive scholarship and panache ... with a sense of pace and tension worthy of a John le Carré novel' Sunday Telegraph

Book Ben Jonson

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Dutton
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2014-07-21
  • ISBN : 1317893743
  • Pages : 217 pages

Download or read book Ben Jonson written by Richard Dutton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in Ben Jonson is higher today than at any time since his death. This new collection offers detailed readings of all the major plays - Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist and Bartholomew Fair - and the poems. It also provides significant insights into the court masques and the later plays which have only recently been rediscovered as genuinely engaging stage pieces.

Book The Gunpowder Plot

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  • Author : James Travers
  • Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
  • Release : 2019-10-15
  • ISBN : 1445684683
  • Pages : 413 pages

Download or read book The Gunpowder Plot written by James Travers and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Modern Britain's most dramatic story, the Gunpowder Plot, brought to life with unique original sources.

Book The Gunpowder Plot

Download or read book The Gunpowder Plot written by Gillian Clements and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 5th November 1605, a man called Guy Fawkes and his friends tried to blow up the House of Lords in London with gunpowder. They wanted to kill King James I. Find out all about the Gunpowder Plot with this story that is packed with all the facts and colourful pictures. This book is part of a series of picture books, Famous People, Great Events, which are suitable for ages 6-12. They tell the stories of famous men and women and great events in history and are suitable for the primary history curriculum. Written by successful authors, they are enjoyable reads which are packed with facts and colourful illustrations.

Book Unspeakable

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter C. Herman
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2019-09-17
  • ISBN : 1000008525
  • Pages : 172 pages

Download or read book Unspeakable written by Peter C. Herman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unspeakable: Literature and Terrorism from the Gunpowder Plot to 9/11 explores the representation of terrorism in plays, novels, and films across the centuries. Time and time again, writers and filmmakers including William Shakespeare, Joseph Conrad, Henry James, Gillo Pontecorvo, Don DeLillo, John Updike, and Steven Spielberg refer to terrorist acts as beyond comprehension, “a deed without a name,” but they do not stop there. Instead of creating works that respond to terrorism by providing comforting narratives reassuring audiences and readers of their moral superiority and the perfidy of the terrorists, these writers and filmmakers confront the unspeakable by attempting to see the world from the terrorist’s perspective and by examining the roots of terrorist violence.

Book Guy Fawkes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Maureen Appleton
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-03-17
  • ISBN : 9781530606658
  • Pages : 64 pages

Download or read book Guy Fawkes written by Maureen Appleton and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was a real plot we shall have to judge for ourselves as the tense story unfolds; but it is not to be wondered at that Englishmen felt a shock of horror and of relief from catastrophe on November 5, 1605, or that we still celebrate the deliverance. Men, who were themselves good, in the sense that they were filled with religious zeal, had certainly planned one of the most evil deeds in history. They had planned murder on a mass scale; murder of King and Lords. The aim of this book is to take a familiar event in history and examine the cause and effect so that it no longer stands isolated from its background.

Book Gunpowder Plot

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  • Author : Carola Dunn
  • Publisher : Kensington Books
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9780758215970
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book Gunpowder Plot written by Carola Dunn and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vividly evoking the life and times of 1920s England, this is a classic crime novel that will delight and charm the many fans of the formidable Daisy Dalrymple.

Book Sir William Waad  Lieutenant of the Tower  and the Gunpowder Plot

Download or read book Sir William Waad Lieutenant of the Tower and the Gunpowder Plot written by Fiona Bengtsen and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Sir William Waad became Lieutenant of the Tower of London in August 1605, only three months before the Gunpowder Plot, it was the culmination of a lifetime of service to the Crown. For the previous 22 years he had been a constant visitor to the Tower. As secretary of the Privy Council, he had interrogated numerous prisoners on behalf of the State, several of them under torture. Many of those incarcerated owed their unfortunate position to his skill as an interrogator. He had risen from inquisitor to gaoler With a known hatred of Catholics and an extensive inside knowledge of almost all previous plots against Queen Elizabeth, Waad's experience as both an 'intelligencer' and inquisitor made him the ideal candidate for the post of Lieutenant of the Tower of London shortly before the Gunpowder Plot. His early life and experiences produced a loyal servant of the State who was capable of dealing with foreign kings as well as common villains. He had been closely involved with the intelligence network operating in Elizabethan England and continued this association when James came to the throne. With years of experience dealing with informers, Waad knew how to extract information and how to discern plot from counter-plot. Waad's role in the Gunpowder Plot and in the capture, interrogation and execution of the culprits are explored in detail. Proud of his achievements in bringing the perpetrators to justice, he erected a huge commemorative monument in his Governor's house at the Tower, which still exists today. Yet, despite his obvious success as Lieutenant of the Tower, he was eventually ousted from his post on suspicion of embezzlement, and narrowly escaped being indicted for murder. He retired to his 'farm' near the village of Manuden, Essex and was buried there in 1623.

Book Great Events

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  • Author : Gillian Clements
  • Publisher : Franklin Watts
  • Release : 2014-03-11
  • ISBN : 9781445131597
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Great Events written by Gillian Clements and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings alive some of the major events in British history.

Book Why do we remember   The Gunpowder Plot

Download or read book Why do we remember The Gunpowder Plot written by Izzi Howell and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out why we remember the famous Gunpowder Plot of 1605, where Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament - with the king inside! This simple, friendly children's first history series, aimed at readers aged 5 and up, takes a close look at some key events and personalities through history and reveals how and why they are still important to us today. A perfect support to learning about history at Key Stage 1, each book uses a rich variety of historical sources, from diaries to paintings, to bring events to life, while simple historical vocabulary is introduced and explained. Each book also features a simple timeline and explores how we find about the past. All text has been carefully checked by a historian.

Book The Enigma of Gunpowder Plot  1605

Download or read book The Enigma of Gunpowder Plot 1605 written by Francis Edwards and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his Introduction, the late Fr Edwards quotes Archbishop Mathew's succinct summary of the three solutions to the gunpowder plot: according to the orthodox, old-fashioned view Salisbury discovered the conspiracy, a second judgement is that he nourished it and a third that is that he invented it. The third solution is carefully investigated in this book. In his very typical style, Fr Edwards constructs his narrative of events by drawing heavily on the extant primary sources - which is not to say that he does not notice the huge bibliography on the subject. Sir Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury does not come well out of this extensive study - but that is only to be expected.

Book A History of the Gunpowder Plot

Download or read book A History of the Gunpowder Plot written by Philip Sidney and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Gunpowder Plot

    Book Details:
  • Author : F. Edwards
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1972
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Gunpowder Plot written by F. Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book God s Secret Agents

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alice Hogge
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 2011-03-15
  • ISBN : 0062047256
  • Pages : 1210 pages

Download or read book God s Secret Agents written by Alice Hogge and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 1210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One evening in 1588, just weeks after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, two young men landed in secret on a beach in Norfolk, England. They were Jesuit priests, Englishmen, and their aim was to achieve by force of argument what the Armada had failed to do by force of arms: return England to the Catholic Church. Eighteen years later their mission would be shattered by the actions of the Gunpowder Plotters -- a small group of terrorists who famously tried to destroy the Houses of Parliament -- for the Jesuits were accused of having designed "that most horrid and hellish conspiracy." Alice Hogge follows "God's secret agents" from their schooling on the Continent, through their perilous return journeys and lonely lives in hiding, to, ultimately, the gallows. She offers a remarkable true account of faith, duty, intolerance, and martyrdom -- the unforgettable story of men who would die for a cause undone by men who would kill for it.