Gunpowder Plot

Over the next three weeks or so will be busy with Gunpowder Treason season leading up to Bonfire Night and the few days beyond.
I have to admit to enjoying all the accounts of spies and conspiracies. Generally not so interested in Alternative /Counterfactual history but have wondered what would have happened if the Houses of Parliament experienced the 'great blow'.
Here are some of my thoughts about the Monteagle Letter' , the anonymous and undated communication to Lord Monteagle warning him not to attend the State Opening of Parliament listed for 5th November 1605.

The Monteagle Letter

 

Will add one further Gunpowder Plot post:
Pleased to see that the Guy Fawkes biography Pity for the Guy (2010) by historian and historical thriller writer John Paul Davis has been revised and republished on kindle . A paperback edition is also being planned. The biography attempts to look at all known stages of Fawkes's life, including his time as a soldier during European Religious Wars, and as an unofficial diplomat representing English Catholics on a mission to the Spanish Court.

 

Apparently the only person to enter the Houses of Parliament with good intent!

 

Michael,

Years ago now a NT property, Coughton Court, Warwickshire had a display on the plot and the 'great blow'. I don't know if it has survived, but do recall the scale of the planned explosion would have been dramatic. The hosue has now closed and will re-open next year back under the longstanding owner's full control. See: Coughton Court | Warwickshire