Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

Gunpowder Conspirators - from a print published after the discovery


England has never really gone in for anarchy and revolution to the extent of some other countries, but it has had its near misses. The one still recalled, and celebrated as "Bonfire Night" or "Guy Fawkes Night", is the attempt in 1605.



The plan was to destroy the House of Lords during the state opening of Parliament, thus