1996, ISBN: 0385256205

[EAN: 9780385256209], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Doubleday, Toronto], KING JAMES I, GUNPOWDER PLOT, GUY FAWKES, 1605, 17TH CENTURY BRITAIN, CATHOLICS, CATHOLICISM, TERRORISTS, TE… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780385256209], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Doubleday, Toronto], KING JAMES I, GUNPOWDER PLOT, GUY FAWKES, 1605, 17TH CENTURY BRITAIN, CATHOLICS, CATHOLICISM, TERRORISTS, TERRORISM, TERRORIST PLOTS, BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY, TORTURE, EUROPEAN POLITICS, ANNE OF DEMARK, KINGS, QUEENS, APPELANTS, THOMAS BATES, CECIL BURGHLEY, ROBERT CATESBY, SIR EDWARD COKE, COUGHTON COURT, EVERARD DIGBY, ELIZABETH GUIDO FATHER HENRY GARNET, PRIESTS, JOHN GERARD, GRANT, GUNPOWDER, HARROWDEN HALL, PRINCE FREDERICK, JESUITS, JESUIT BARON MONTEAGLE, MONTEAGLE LETTER, HOWARD, EARL NORTHHAMPTON, PERCY, NORTHUMBERLAND, OLDCORNE, HUGH OWEN, NICHOLAS PRIEST HOLES, HIDDING PLACES, PARLIAMENT, HOUSE PERSONS, PHILIP III, RECUSANTS, AMBROSE ROOKWOOD, CECIL, SALISBURY, SPAIN, SPANISH NETHERLANDS, TREASON, OATH SUPREMACY, OSWALD TESIMOND, FRANCIS TRESHAM, VAUX, ELIZA WILLIAM WAAD, WINTOUR, WOMEN IN ENGLAND, CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT, RELIGION. NOISBN, Jacket, 347 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w illustrations. "(Fraser) re-creates the seventeenth-century terrorist conspiracy known as the Gunpowder Plot. In England, November 5 is Guy Fawkes Day, when fireworkds displays commemorate the shocking moment in 1605 when government authorities uncovered a secret plan to blow up the House of Parliament - and King James I along with it. A group of English Catholics, seeking to unseat the king and reintroduce Catholicism as the state religion, daringly placed thirty-six barrels of gunpowder in a cellar under the Palace of Westminster. Their aim was to ignite (it) at the opening of the parliamentary session. Thought the charismatic Catholic Robert Catesby was the group's leader, it was the devout Guy Fawkes who emerged as its most famous member, as he was the one who was captured and who revealed under torture the names of his fellow plotters. In the aftermath of their arrests, conditions grew worse for English Catholics, as legal penalties against them were stiffened and public sentiment became rabidly intolerant. In a narrative that reads like a gripping detective story, Fraser has untangled the web of religion, politics, and personalities that surrounded that fateful night. And in examining the lengths to which individuals will go for their faith, she finds in the long-ago event a reflection of the religion-inspired terrorism that has produced gunpowder plots of our own time." A few tiny dents on the bottom edge of the boards. Dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling.- mainly at the top/bottom of the hinges., Books<

1996, ISBN: 9780385256209

Toronto: Doubleday, 1996. 347 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w illustrations. "(Fraser) re-creates the seventeenth-century terrorist conspiracy known as the Gunpowder Plot. In England, No… Mehr…

Toronto: Doubleday, 1996. 347 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w illustrations. "(Fraser) re-creates the seventeenth-century terrorist conspiracy known as the Gunpowder Plot. In England, November 5 is Guy Fawkes Day, when fireworkds displays commemorate the shocking moment in 1605 when government authorities uncovered a secret plan to blow up the House of Parliament - and King James I along with it. A group of English Catholics, seeking to unseat the king and reintroduce Catholicism as the state religion, daringly placed thirty-six barrels of gunpowder in a cellar under the Palace of Westminster. Their aim was to ignite (it) at the opening of the parliamentary session. Thought the charismatic Catholic Robert Catesby was the group's leader, it was the devout Guy Fawkes who emerged as its most famous member, as he was the one who was captured and who revealed under torture the names of his fellow plotters. In the aftermath of their arrests, conditions grew worse for English Catholics, as legal penalties against them were stiffened and public sentiment became rabidly intolerant. In a narrative that reads like a gripping detective story, Fraser has untangled the web of religion, politics, and personalities that surrounded that fateful night. And in examining the lengths to which individuals will go for their faith, she finds in the long-ago event a reflection of the religion-inspired terrorism that has produced gunpowder plots of our own time." A few tiny dents on the bottom edge of the boards. Dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling.- mainly at the top/bottom of the hinges.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+., Doubleday, 1996, 3<

ISBN: 9780385256209

DOUBLEDAY. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library … Mehr…

DOUBLEDAY. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., DOUBLEDAY, 2.5<