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    Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

    By Lettice Cooper

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    The acclaimed author of The New House brings to life the 1605 plot to blow up the House of Lords and assassinate King James I in a vividly imagined novel.
     
    “Please to remember, The Fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot.” —Traditional English Rhyme
     
    The legend of Guy Fawkes and the infamous Gunpowder Plot is a deeply rooted part of English identity. The fateful events of November 5, 1605 are still celebrated across the country with bonfires, sparklers, and the now-ubiquitous Guy Fawkes mask. But few revelers know the real story behind one of the most infamous conspiracies ever attempted.
     
    How did a small band of Catholic conspirators organize such an audacious plot? Were they noble freedom fighters or merely seventeenth century terrorists? In this meticulously researched historical novel, Lettice Cooper conjures the desperation and danger behind one of the most significant events in modern history.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateOct 24, 2018
    ISBN9781504059176
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    Lettice Cooper

    Lettice Cooper was born in Eccles, Lancashire in 1897. She began to write stories when she was seven, and graduated with a degree in Classics from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford in 1918. She returned home after Oxford to work for her family's engineering firm and wrote her first novel, The Lighted Room in 1925. She spent a year as Associate Editor at Time and Tide and during the Second World War worked for the Ministry of Food's public relations division. She was one of the founders of the Writers' Action Group and received an OBE for her work in achieving Public Lending Rights. In 1987 at the age of ninety she was awarded the Freedom of the City of Leeds. She never married and died in 1994 in Coltishall, Norfolk.

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