The Gunpowder Plot has become a nice, family-friendly party night with bonfires and fireworks and an engraving that's safe enough to be shown on the Tube. But this is not a safe story.

The Gunpowder Plot was a failed attempt to blow up Englands King James I 15661625 and the Parliament on November 5 1605 The plot was organized by Robert Catesby c15721605 in an effort to end the ...

The Gunpowder plot has become a nice, family friendly party night with bonfires and fireworks and an engraving that's safe enough to be shown on the tube. But this is not a safe story. Back in ...

Xand Van Tulleken and historian Tracy Borman uncover the real story behind one of the most infamous episodes in British history, the Gunpowder Plot. Xand Van Tulleken and Tracy Borman explore the ...

A co-conspirator in the infamous Gunpowder Plot, Fawkes was born in 1570 in York, England. Raised as a Protestant, he converted to Catholicism in his teens. When Fawkes was just 21, he left for ...

The house where the Gunpowder Plot was hatched was the "perfect place" for the conspirators to meet, according to historian and TV presenter Lucy Worsley. For her latest BBC Two series ...

So, this is the world of my ancestor’s story – the story of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. A plot is a secret plan. Here, look – shhhh! These men are plotters. They think nobody can hear.

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