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Author: Paul West Publisher: New Directions Publishing ISBN: 9780811216067 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 374
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A suspenseful and uniquely literary look into Guy Fawkes and the English Gunpowder Plot of 1605, by one of America's most celebrated writers.
Author: Paul West Publisher: New Directions Publishing ISBN: 9780811216067 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 374
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A suspenseful and uniquely literary look into Guy Fawkes and the English Gunpowder Plot of 1605, by one of America's most celebrated writers.
Author: James Sharpe Publisher: ISBN: 9781861977878 Category : Great Britain Languages : en Pages : 240
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Guy Fawkes is amongst the most celebrated figures in English history and Bonfire Night is a remarkably long lived and very English tradition. But why is it that in a modern, multicultural society people still turn out every November to commemorate a planned act of treason and terrorism which was defeated four hundred years ago? Had the Gunpowder Plot succeeded and the Catholics managed to blow up the king, the royal family and Parliament, English history would have been shaped by a terrorist act of unprecedented proportions, shattering in terms of both the damage inflicted and its propaganda value. James Sharpe examines the fateful night of 5 November 1605 and the tangled web of religion and politics which gave rise to the plot. He uncovers how celebration of the event, and of Guy Fawkes, the one gunpowder plotter everyone remembers, has changed over the centuries. Today, although most of the religious connotations have long been ignored, the bonfires remain. The festival created in 1605 by the state and church to commemorate a failed act of Catholic terrorism, now provides an annual raison d'être for the firework industry and an annual source of concern for Britain's cat owners. Every year the crowds gather, the bonfires are lit and the firework displays dazzle again. Interestingly however, the tradition is fast changing and reverting to the pre-Gunpowder Plot festival (now much Americanised) of Halloween.
Author: J. A. Sharpe Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 9780674019355 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 246
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Bonfire Night, observed annually to memorialize the Gunpowder Plot, is one of England's most festive occasions. Why has the memory of this act of treason and terrorism persisted for 400 years? Sharpe unravels the web of religion and politics that gave rise to the plot, and wittily shows how celebration of that night has changed over the centuries.
Author: Judy Parkinson Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books ISBN: 1843174359 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 292
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Concise and authoritative, Remember, Remember makes history interesting and accessible for everyone once again. Each subject is presented in short, self-contained 'articles', designed to be dipped into on the readers whim.
Author: ALAN. MOORE Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 1779511736 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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In a world without political freedom, personal freedom and precious little faith in anything comes a mysterious man in a white porcelain mask who fights political oppressors through terrorism and seemingly absurd acts. It's a gripping tale of the blurred lines between ideological good and evil. The inspiration for the hit 2005 movie starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving, this amazing graphic novel is packaged with a collectable reproduction of the iconic V mask.
Author: Richard Brassey Publisher: Orion Publishing Company ISBN: 9781842552315 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 24
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Presents the life of Guy Fawkes, with emphasis on his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the British Houses of Parliament during the reign of James the first.
Author: Allan A. Metcalf Publisher: ISBN: 0190669209 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 177
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"Guy" and "guys" are used so ubiquitously in daily conversation, we scarcely notice them. But both derive from the name of England's greatest terrorist, Guy Fawkes. Acclaimed expert on words Allan Metcalf dives deep into the strange and unprecedented history of America's favorite and most controversial pronoun. Along the way, a cast of characters as interesting as Guy Fawkes himself make an appearance, including kings and queens of England, popes, George Washington, show tunes' crooners, and today's Occupy protesters.
Author: Ann Rinaldi Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 054735116X Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 355
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“Carefully researched and lovingly written, Rinaldi’s latest presents a girl indentured to John and Abigail Adams during the tense period surrounding the 1770 Massacre. . . . Fortuitously timed, a novel that illuminates a moment from our past that has strong parallels to recent events. Bibliography.”—Kirkus Reviews
Author: Antonia Fraser Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 0297857932 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 438
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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
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