“The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605”

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 which spawned the plot.

Winner of the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger Award for non-fiction.