The Gunpowder Plot by Antonia Fraser

The Gunpowder Plot by Antonia Fraser

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This text delves into archives from all over Europe to uncover the truth behind the Catholic plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament and James I. The book shows how the plot's discovery deepened national hatred of Catholics and increased the severity of the penal laws against them.

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The Gunpowder Plot by Antonia Fraser

Britain's most popular historian uncovers the truth about Guy Fawkes' plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed historical works including the biographies, CROMWELL: OUR CHIEF OF MEN, KING CHARLES II and THE GUNPOWDER PLOT (CWA Non-Fiction Gold Dagger; St Louis Literary Award). She has written five highly praised books which focus on women in history, THE WEAKER VESSEL: WOMEN'S LOT IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND (Wolfson Award for History, 1984), THE WARRIOR QUEENS: BOADICEAS CHARIOT, THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII, MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE JOURNEY (Franco-British Literary Prize 2001), which was made into a film by Sofia Coppola in 2006 and now most recently LOVE AND LOUIS XIV: THE WOMEN IN THE LIFE OF THE SUN KING. Antonia Fraser was made CBE in 1999, and awarded the Norton Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000. She lives in London and is currently working on a biography of Queen Elizabeth I. She was married to Harold Pinter who died on Christmas Eve 2008 and has eighteen grandchildren.
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ISBN 13 9780297813484
ISBN 10 029781348X
Title The Gunpowder Plot
Author Antonia Fraser
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 1996-08-27
Number of pages 476
Prizes Winner of Crime Writers' Association Non-Fiction Gold Dagger Award 1996
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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