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I doubt it would become dry either as Nick Holland has a wonderful writing style – easy to read and personable. Hatred of government policies is another common factor, driving a desire for vengeance in a spectacular way that will destabilise the country. He was right and in many ways Beyond Enkription is conceptually about just that which is why an American critic rated it as a five star read “being up there with My Silent War by Kim Philby and No Other Choice by George Blake”.
Gunpowder Plots covers similar ground to Sharpe's book, with essays exploring the reasons why November the fifth has outlasted all our other national commemorations, including Waterloo Day and Empire Day, looking at the folkloric aspects of the festival, and offering a brief history of fireworks. It’s the first book I’ve read by the author but I’d happily read more and, I think, for anyone who wants an introduction to the events leading up to November 5th, 1605, this is a brilliant place to start. On November 4th 1605, a traitor was caught beneath the Houses of Parliament with a plot to kill the king. This tradition stems from the initial celebration of King James I’s survival and has evolved into a general festivity that somewhat obscures the historical and religious origins of the event. For librarians and administrators, your personal account also provides access to institutional account management.
In 1605 the Catholic community immediately repudiated the conspirators and distanced itself from the plot; there were no more conspiracies for a very long time. This book is short, only 230 pages, and could easily have added another 100 without becoming boring.
Born in York in 1570 Guy Fawkes is a figure I have always wondered why we celebrate him in the way we do. Historians today find it difficult to estimate the size of the Catholic community in England under Elizabeth and James, because so many conformed to the Church of England and kept their true beliefs private. The events of the novel deal with the execution of Catholic priests and the plot to destroy Parliament.This explosive read, accompanied with beautiful illustrations, is accessible and engaging, combining contemporary accounts with modern analysis to reveal new motivations behind Guy’s actions. The Jesuit mission to England and the condition of the Catholics under Elizabeth form the subject of Alice Hogge's book God's Secret Agents. This book is a vivid and unique telling of a remarkable time in our history, with an insightful account of the multi-layered man at its centre.
But this exceptionally readable book illuminated the story of the Gunpowder Plot for me in a way that no other book has.A unique ReCovered Notebook made for Much Ado from the covers of an old book we rescued (don’t worry - we only use books that have been too damaged to sell! Taking matters into his own hands he wrote 'Tortoise Soup', a delightful story of friendship and bravery aimed at children aged 8-108. Her story finds a little-known hero in Nicholas Owen, a mason and carpenter from Oxford, two of whose brothers became Jesuit priests. This book is likely the same as “Faith and Treason” with a different subtitle; Fraser’s in-depth account of the 1605 conspiracy.
There is a lot about the persecution -and the gruesome public execution -of local Catholics, such as Margaret Clitheroe being crushed to death by stones in 1586. To reinstate the history behind the infamous plot and understand its future relevance, five scholars have constructed and reconstructed those events. Holland went on to state that “weddings between Catholics were often conducted in secret”, and that Fawkes may have once married, and that while the secretive nature of such marriages make it “impossible to prove that it did take place, the absence of an official record is certainly no indication that it didn’t.I enjoyed the biography of The Real Guy Fawkes, though it happened in 1605 the reader gets to know Guy from growing up and learning why he did and why he felt the way he did. This reflects a view that the contemporary rationalism is lacking the same character as the world had when both magic, religion, and science were within one system. The captors were in awe of the man’s imperturbability amid the silent trepidation of the weight of aborted stratagem. For example, “The handle was turned carefully, with one hand resting upon the hilt of his sword, but once inside, much to Guy’s relief, it was apparent he was alone”.