The real Guy Fawkes /
This fresh new biography of Guy Fawkes' life removes the layers of complexity that can cloud the British history of this time, an era when fearful Catholics hid in tiny priest holes, government spies were everywhere and even your closest friends could send you to be hung, drawn and quartered. G...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK :
Pen and Sword History,
[2017]
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| Summary: | This fresh new biography of Guy Fawkes' life removes the layers of complexity that can cloud the British history of this time, an era when fearful Catholics hid in tiny priest holes, government spies were everywhere and even your closest friends could send you to be hung, drawn and quartered. Guy and his conspirators were prepared to risk everything and endanger everyone, but were they fanatics, fredom fighters or fools? |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 230 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230). |
| ISBN: | 1526705087 9781526705082 |