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How Guy Fawkes, Figurehead of the Gunpowder Plot, Avoided the Full Horrors of Execution by Hanging, Drawing and Quartering The Catholic conspirator jumped or fell from the gallows on this day in ...
Now, even though there is a great mass of 17th century documentation about the Gunpowder plot, it is still quite hard for me to grasp what pushed Guy over the edge? What turns him ...
The house where the Gunpowder Plot was hatched was the "perfect place" for the conspirators to meet, according to historian and TV presenter Lucy Worsley. For her latest BBC Two series, Lucy ...
Lucy consults experts who help contribute to the uncovering of this extraordinary moment in history. Lucy revisits key moments and locations in the plotter's lives: the city of York, home to ...
One night in November 1605, a man is discovered underneath England’s Houses of Parliament. And he’s got enough gunpowder with him to reduce it to rubble, with the King, his sons, and the ...
An iron lantern believed to have been carried by Guy Fawkes underneath the Houses of Parliament has gone on display at a museum. It is said to have been confiscated off Fawkes when he was ...
The annual Bridgwater Carnival traces its roots back to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 when Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators failed to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
Premium docs specialist Lightbox is moving into drama with Gunpower Siege, a scripted series for Sky History in the UK that promises to reveal the gripping truth behind the Gunpowder Plot. Chuku ...
Elizabeth spent her early years at Linlithgow Palace, near Edinburgh, under the care of Lord Livingston. The young Elizabeth and her family moved to England when Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603 and ...
The Gunpowder Plot Experience manages to use immersive theatre combined with VR to transport us to another time and place in history, if only for a few fleeting hours.
The Gunpowder Plot By Rtboh, James Gray, Daniel Creese, +777 more updated Jun 9, 2012 advertisement ...