The Gunpowder Plot : Terror and Faith in 1605 – Antonia Fraser

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Britain’s most popular historian uncovers the truth about Guy Fawkes’ plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story, Antonia Fraser brings the characters and events of the Gunpowder Plot to life. Dramatically recreating the conditions and motives that surrounded the fateful night of 5 November 1605, she unravels the tangled web of religion and politics that spawned the plot. ‘Told with impressive scholarship and panache…The result is a narrative that is clear, balanced, and builds to its denouement with a sense of pace and tension worthy of a John le Carre novel’ John Adamson, Sunday Telegraph (Google review)
Hard copy. Internally fresh crisp pages 347, no ink inscriptions, a brilliant copy. Dust wrapper slightly shelf worn but intact. First Edition. Note value of book is between $130-$150 in the first, our price definitely competitive

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SKU: 9780297813484 Category: Title: The Gunpowder Plot : Terror and Faith in 1605
Author: Antonia Fraser
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Year: 1996
ISBN10: 029781348X
ISBN13: 9780297813484
Condition: Very Good
Format: Hardcover
Inventory No: 1847

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Britain’s most popular historian uncovers the truth about Guy Fawkes’ plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story, Antonia Fraser brings the characters and events of the Gunpowder Plot to life. Dramatically recreating the conditions and motives that surrounded the fateful night of 5 November 1605, she unravels the tangled web of religion and politics that spawned the plot. ‘Told with impressive scholarship and panache…The result is a narrative that is clear, balanced, and builds to its denouement with a sense of pace and tension worthy of a John le Carre novel’ John Adamson, Sunday Telegraph (Google review)
Hard copy. Internally fresh crisp pages 347, no ink inscriptions, a brilliant copy. Dust wrapper slightly shelf worn but intact. First Edition. Note value of book is between $130-$150 in the first, our price definitely competitive

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Weight 0.82 kg
Dimensions 24 × 16.5 × 3.5 cm

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