Guy Fawkes; or, The Gunpowder Treason: An Historical Romance by Ainsworth
"Guy Fawkes; or, The Gunpowder Treason: An Historical Romance" by William Harrison Ainsworth is a novel first serialized in 1840. Based on the infamous 1605 Gunpowder Plot to destroy Parliament, the story follows conspirator Guy Fawkes as he receives dire warnings about his doomed mission. Ainsworth blends historical events with gothic elements, introducing fictional characters like Viviana Radcliffe, Fawkes's invented wife, and the alchemist John Dee, who summons spirits to prophesy disaster.
Despite supernatural omens and divine visions, Fawkes pursues his fateful path toward tragedy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882 |
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| Illustrator | Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 |
| Title | Guy Fawkes; or, The Gunpowder Treason: An Historical Romance |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_(novel) |
| Credits |
Produced by Robert Cicconetti, KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 70.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Gunpowder Plot, 1605 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 37750 |
| Release Date | Oct 13, 2011 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 8, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 295 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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