EP18 - A Secret Beneath Parliament (Guy Fawkes & the Gunpowder Plot, 1605) | The Reformation

Step into London, 1605.Joan Rennett is a cellar keeper’s wife—quiet, invisible, and used to being overlooked. But when barrels begin to appear beneath the Palace of Westminster and a strange black powder clings to the air, she becomes the silent witness to something far more dangerous than anyone suspects. This is the Gunpowder Plot, told not from above—but from below.Based on true events and inspired by the infamous November 5th conspiracy to blow up Parliament, The Cellar Keeper’s Wife is a first-person historical narrative. It offers a fictional yet deeply grounded account of one woman’s descent into a web of secrets, suspicion, and the thin line between faith and treason.This calm, sleep-friendly story invites you into the shadows of the Reformation era—where the most dangerous place to stand is the one no one sees.