Remember, Remember: A Cultural History of Guy Fawkes Day

by James Sharpe

Book Overview

In the early hours of November 5, 1605, Guy Fawkes, an English Catholic who had served with the Spanish army in Flanders, was discovered in a storeroom under the Palace of Westminster--and with him, thirty-six barrels of gunpowder earmarked to obliterate England's royal family, top officials, and members of Parliament gathered for Parliament's opening day. Had it succeeded, this Gunpowder Plot--a Catholic conspiracy against the recently crowned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674019350
• ISBN13: 9780674019355
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.4"