Book description
Know your stuff: Read a succinct history of the Gunpowder Plot in just
one hour.
'Remember, remember, the fifth of November'. The gunpowder plot is a
famed tale of treachery that continues to fascinate and capture the
imagination four hundred years on.
The Gunpowder Plot in an Hour reveals the elaborate background to the
infamous plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament and James I, the
ultimate act of treason. This compelling and engaging account of one of
the most famous historical events in English history follows the
Catholic protagonists hatching their plan through to their inevitable,
gruesome deaths.
Learn who the Catholic traitors were, what drove them to such desperate
measures, and how the plot was discovered. The Gunpowder Plot in an Hour
gives a concise overview of this enduring event and is a must for all
history lovers.
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour… 'If the past is
a foreign country, History in an Hour is like a high-class tour
operator, offering delightfully enjoyable short breaks in the rich and
diverse continent of our shared past' Dominic Sandbrook
'The practice of History is ever-evolving, and the History In An Hour
idea brings it back up to date for the digital age' Andrew Roberts, Bookseller
'This is genius' MacWorld. com Sinead Fitzgibbon graduated from
university with a degree in Economics, before leaving her native Ireland
to work in investment banking in Sydney for six years. She returned to
the UK in 2007 to pursue her writing career. She has always loved
history, literature and art - and spends most weekends in London's
multitude of museums, art galleries and bookshops.
