A Deadly Conspiracy
420 years ago, a deadly conspiracy to kill Britain’s king nearly succeeded. What if it had worked?
In 1605, a small band of English Catholics tried to destroy the king, his family and parliament in a single explosion.
This is what might have happened if Guy Fawkes had successfully lit the fuse
It's the evening of 4 November 1605, and a search party has descended into the cellars beneath the Palace of Westminster. Among the stacks of firewood, they find a man, calm and composed, guarding dozens of casks of gunpowder. That man was Guy Fawkes, and within hours from him being found, he was due to light a fuse that would have upended English history.
The discovery of Fawkes foiled the conspiracy and exposed a broader network of Catholic conspirators whose aim was to blow up King James VI and I, along with his government, during the ceremonial opening of parliament.
Author's summary: A 1605 conspiracy to kill the king nearly succeeded.
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