An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

115. The Gunpowder Plot

November 04, 2021

Description

‘Remember, remember / the Fifth of November / Gunpowder, treason & plot.” But what is it exactly we are remembering on Bonfire Night? Tom & Dominic explore what - if it had succeeded - would have...
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Books Referenced

Book of Martyrs

Author: John Foxe

Context:

Referenced when discussing Protestant fears of Catholic conspiracy during Elizabeth's reign - described as 'this huge saga of sort of Protestant martyrs being killed by evil Catholics'

Remember, Remember

Author: James Sharp

Context:

Explicitly mentioned as 'his book' when discussing the sense of an overarching Catholic conspiracy involving the King of Spain and the Pope in the late 16th/early 17th century

The Gunpowder Plot

Author: Antonia Fraser

Context:

Described as 'the great narrative account of the Gunpowder Plot' when discussing the theory about who sent the Monteagle letter - her thesis is that Lord Monteagle may have dictated the letter himself

V for Vendetta

Author: Alan Moore

Context:

Described as 'a really brilliant graphic novel' and 'Alan Moore's comic' when discussing how Guy Fawkes imagery has been adopted by modern protest movements; set in an alternative 1980s Britain with a fascist takeover