The Gunpowder Plot Deceit

When you think about the Gunpowder Plot the image that probably springs to mind is of Guy Fawkes in a parliamentary cellar about to explode thirty six barrels of gunpowder – until he’s stopped in the nick of time! But did it really happen that way? Could Fawkes have been the fall guy in a much bigger conspiracy? Why were a group of prominent, disaffected Catholics able to scheme for months with apparent impunity? How were they able to openly rent a house next door to the House of Lords and use it as their base, right under the nose of Robert Cecil, England’s chief spymaster? How were they able to hack a tunnel towards their target and dispose of tonnes of soil without alerting anyone? Why are there no surviving records of anyone having seen such a tunnel? These are just some of the questions examined by author Martyn R. Beardsley who believes the government knew what the plotters were up to, long before Fawkes was arrested, and that agent-provocateurs either helped them or even instigated the plot themselves!

Paperback: 195 Pages

Language: English

Format: Kindle Edition, Hardcover & Paperback