How a Threadbare 'Bag of Secrets' Led to Guy Fawkes's Gruesome Execution - Atlas Obscura
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/guy-fawkes-bag-of-secrets-gunpowder-plot-england

"The documents that convicted the infamous traitor were all kept in this unassuming leather pouch. "

#History #UK #GunpowderPlot #GuyFawkes

The Daniel Pursglove series from K.J. Maitland. 📚

England stands divided in the wake of the failed Gunpowder Plot and the politics of the Jacobean court are to the fore.

Rivers of Treason (Book 3) is out 13.4.2023

#books #Bookstodon #reading #booklove #historicalfiction #gunpowderplot #jacobean #henrycecil #kingjames #murdermystery #superstition #witchcraft #conspiracy

Okay here’s my Mastodon #introduction. I’m a novelist whose debut #TheContinuityGirl was published by #Unbound in 2018 and is still massively available secondhand and in German translation (#dasscriptgirl, Heyne). It’s a comic novel set largely during the making of #BillyWilder ‘s Sherlock Holmes film, and there’s a nice cover quote from the mighty #JonathanCoe. Now looking for agent to represent latest novel, a pre-#GunpowderPlot tale of intrigue.

The #GunpowderPlot was one of many political crises that Robert Cecil negotiated during his time as principal advisor to James VI and I. But how did it impact on his career? Find out this #WatchWednesday here: http://ow.ly/PUZP50Gxqnt

#Parliament #History #17thCentury #Histodons #RobertCecil @histodons

The most downloaded ebook at the House of Lords between 2013 - 2016 was “The Day Parliament Burned Down” #GunpowderPlot

Portrait of Thomas Percy
#GunpowderPlot

Catalogue notes: 'This print must have been made before news reached Germany that Percy had not been arrested, but was shot dead while resisting arrest at Holbeach #otd 8 Nov 1605'.

(British Museum)

This #ConstituencyTuesday, we are looking at a place that claims to have the biggest #BonfireNight 🎆celebration in the world. It is the constituency of #Lewes! What was Lewes up to at the time of the #GunpowderPlot? Between 1604 and 1629, Lewes was described as 'one of the chief towns' in Sussex due to its ‘largeness and populousness’. Lewes' population has been estimated as exceeding 2,000 people during this period find out more about this constituency 👇
https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/constituencies/lewes

7 Nov 1605: Under interrogation #otd 'John Johnson' reveals his real name: Guido Fawkes (BM) #gunpowderplot

Hier in UK ist Bonfire Night und irgendein Nachbar böllert seit 3 Stunden am Stück. #guyfawkes #gunpowderplot

Ma qualcuno ricorda ancora il 5 Novembre? In qualche paese c'è ancora la tradizione del pupazzo di Guy Fawkes da bruciare? La maschera di V è ancora un simbolo o è al pari di Che Guevara sulle magliette?
#gunpowderplot #guyfawkes #v #vforvendetta #comics #illustration #digitalart

'Tis the day. #GuyFawkes #GunPowderPlot

New poem: Remember

#5thOfNovember #BonfireNight #GuyFawkes #GunpowderPlot #Poetry

https://www.tanweerdar.com/post/remember