The Real Guy Fawkes

Guy Fawkes was the central figure in a plot that, had it succeeded, would have permanently changed Britain. Today protesters wear masks of his face while families burn his effigy on bonfire night, but who was the real Guy Fawkes and how did a man born into the Protestant faith become so radicalised that he was prepared to serve the Catholic cause by committing mass murder, including regicide? Nick Holland’s biography examines Guy’s early life in Yorkshire, the county where he was born, and how he went from being a Catholic mercenary to a key member of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot treason. Fawkes and his accomplices put everything on the line, but did that make them fools, fanatics, or freedom fighters?

Hardcover: 200 Pages

Language: English

Format: Kindle Edition, Hardcover & Paperback