The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605 - Antonia Fraser

'Terrorism is the weapon of the weak, inflicted on the strong'. You might think that history has little to say about terrorism. Well, look back to England and 1605 to learn how lethal a cocktail can be created with religion and politics and its terrible repercussions for those involved....Sound familiar? What if the plot on the Twin Towers of 2001 had been foiled? As soon as the initial scene was set, I couldn't put this book down. I was familiar only with fragments about the gruesome fate that awaited the characters of this real drama, but never before appreciated the extent of it, the accounts that remain of it to us, and how many were ...  Read the complete review