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Article: Gunpowder Plots.(Brief article)(Book review)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 2006
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Gunpowder Plots. Brenda Buchanan et al. Allen Lane. [pounds sterling]14.99. ix + 188 pages. ISBN 0-713-99886-5. Remember, remember, the fifth of November and the British have been remembering ever since 1605 when Guy Fawkes failed in his attempt to blow up the Palace of Westminster and kill not only the King but both Houses of Parliament. This short collection of six essays looks at as many aspects of the event and its commemoration. Once it was the day when the British celebrated the triumph of their Protestant faith and representative parliamentary system; it is now an occasion for bonfires and burnt sausages, kept alive because it has always been done. (The 'guys' have ...
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