
- 327 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
The first fully-rounded portrait of the man behind the Gunpowder Plot For hundreds of years Guy Fawkes has been portrayed as perhaps too extreme a figureāa rabid, bloodthirsty Catholic who not only tried to bomb British Parliament but threatened the English way of life. This biography reveals that he was much more than an evil, shadowy conspirator with an axe to grind. John Paul Davis delves into the evidence and makes a convincing case for new thinking on one of English history's greatest enigmas. Not only is the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 thrillingly reteold, but Guy Fawkes can now be seen as a multi-faceted figureāhusband, soldier, lover, adveturer, spy, and possibly the most misunderstood of English villains.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Back Cover
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- 1 Portents of Dread
- 2 The Catholic Recusants of the West Riding of Yorkshire
- 3 Cowdray, Calvinism and a Slow Boat to Flanders
- 4 A Traitor to the Crown
- 5 A Ruthless and Unloving Land
- 6 A Defence to the Innocent
- 7 A Desperate Disease
- 8 To Shake the Thrones of Princes
- 9 Three Score Barrels of Powder Below
- 10 Spies, Soldiers and āStir This Parliamentā
- 11 With a Dark Lantern and a Burning Match
- 12 Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, Tāwas His Intent
- 13 His Just End Shouldāst Be Grim
- 14 The Aftermath
- 15 Remember, Remember . . .
- Notes and References
- Bibliography