{ "item_title" : "The Gunpowder Plot", "item_author" : [" Spirit Quill "], "item_description" : "The Gunpowder Plot: Robert Catesby, Guy Fawkes, and the Conspiracy Behind the Fifth of November Just after midnight on 5 November 1605, a search party entered the cellars beneath the Parliament House in Westminster. They found a man in boots and spurs, hidden among firewood, and thirty-six barrels of gunpowder directly under the chamber where King James I was due to sit within hours. The man gave his name as John Johnson. History would remember him as Guy Fawkes. Four centuries later, Bonfire Night is still observed across Britain. Yet the man who lit the fuse was not the man who conceived the plot. The conspiracy began with Robert Catesby, a charismatic Catholic gentleman who watched the hopes of English Catholics rise and then collapse under a new king. This book traces the Gunpowder Plot from its beginnings in Elizabethan England to its bloody end. You will learn: - Why English Catholics lived under suspicion and what drove a handful of them to extremes- How a misunderstood promise from James I helped set the plot in motion- How the conspirators gathered powder, leased a cellar, and planned a rising to follow the explosion- The mystery of the anonymous letter to Lord Monteagle, and the debate over how much Robert Cecil knew- The arrest, interrogation, and last stand at Holbeche House- How the government shaped the official story, and what it cost the Catholics who had no part in the plot Written for general readers, this narrative history needs no prior knowledge of the period. It explains the people, the faith, and the politics behind the event, and it shows why a failed conspiracy left such a lasting mark on British memory. If you want to understand what really happened beneath Parliament, and why the story is still told today, begin here.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/816/485/9798164857059_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "18.99", "online_price" : "18.99", "our_price" : "18.99", "club_price" : "18.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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