The Gunpowder Plot of 1605: The History of the Famous Conspiracy to Assassinate King James I of England

*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the plot written by contemporaries*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy.” – Guy Fawkes “Remember, remember, the fifth of NovemberGunpowder treason and plotWe see no reasonWhy Gunpowder treasonShould ever be forgot"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 5th 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 usua