Pity for the Guy : a biography of Guy Fawkes /

The first fully-rounded portrait of the man behind the Gunpowder Plot For hundreds of years Guy Fawkes has been portrayed as perhaps too extreme a figure--a rabid, bloodthirsty Catholic who not only tried to bomb British Parliament but threatened the English way of life. This biography reveals that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, John Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Peter Owen Publishers, ©2010.
Temas:
Fawkes, Guy, > 1570-1606.
Fawkes, Guy, > 1570-1606
1558-1625
Revolutionaries > Great Britain > Biography.
Révolutionnaires > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Revolutionaries
Great Britain > History > James I, 1603-1625.
Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1603-1625 (Jacques Ier)
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1558-1603 (Élisabeth Ire)
Great Britain
History
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 Portents of Dread; 2 The Catholic Recusants of the West Riding of Yorkshire; 3 Cowdray, Calvinism and a Slow Boat to Flanders; 4 A Traitor to the Crown; 5 A Ruthless and Unloving Land; 6 A Defence to the Innocent; 7 A Desperate Disease; 8 To Shake the Thrones of Princes; 9 Three Score Barrels of Powder Below; 10 Spies, Soldiers and 'Stir This Parliament'; 11 With a Dark Lantern and a Burning Match; 12 Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, T'was His Intent; 13 His Just End Should'st Be Grim; 14 The Aftermath; 15 Remember, Remember ...
  • Notes and ReferencesBibliography; Back Cover.

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