Every fifth of November, people all over the UK commemorate Guy Fawkes Night and celebrate this failed attempt to attack Parliament and King James VI and I in 1605.
In line with the library's celebration of Non-Fiction November, we've formed a Guy Fawkes Night themed reading list to highlight some useful resources. Check out these titles available now at the library and learn more about the origins of this enduring tradition, explore conspiracies and delve into the fascinating context of this 17th century assassination attempt.
The Gunpowder Plot: Unclassified by Nick Hunter
Guy Fawkes by Leon Ashworth
The Truth about Guy Fawkes: A Stuart Mystery by Terry Deary
'The Gunpowder Plot Conspirators'*
The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith by Antonia Fraser
Elizabethan and Jacobean England: sources and documents of the English Renaissance by Arthur Kinney
The Stuarts ed. Antonia Fraser
'Domme preachers'? post-reformation English Catholicism and the culture of print by Alexandra Walsham
The Church of England 1570-1640 by Andrew Foster
As ever, please ask the library team if you have any questions or need help finding resources!
Here's one by Mena, Hawa and Yu Qing:
F Fire works in the sky
I Interfered with the Christian religion
R Re-tell me the story of Bonfire Night
E Enrich your knowledge
W Wonder why they light the fire
O Ongoing legends of Guy Fawkes
R Remember that night
K Kneel down in prayer and
S Say thanks
Well done to all of the Year 7 Book Club for their fantastic work!
*Crispijn de Passe the Elder, c.1605, The Gunpowder Plot Conspirators, National Portrait Gallery, London.
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