The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 by Charles River Editors | Audiobook

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Listen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial : https://esound.space/audible Title: The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 Author: Charles River Editors Narrator: Scott Clem Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-16 Publisher: Charles River Editors Genres: History, European Summary: In 1605, Guy Fawkes was one of over a dozen conspirators in the famous Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to assassinate England's King James I. When the plot was discovered on the fifth of November, Fawkes and other conspirators were quickly convicted and executed, and the king asked his subjects to remember the date as "the joyful day of deliverance". Fawkes was but one of a countless number of failed assassins, but in a perversely ironic way, the king's declaration ultimately turned November 5 into Guy Fawkes Day, a celebratory day that usually had children creating an effigy that would then be burned in a bonfire. While the effigy was usually Fawkes, others made it a custom to burn an effigy of the pope, a tradition that came to the 13 colonies in America as well. Though he was only one of the plotters, Fawkes became the one most associated with the act, and he was viewed as a symbol of treason. Contact: [email protected]