![]() ![]() Antonia Fraser has shed much light on one of the most controversial episodes in English history - Martin Jacques * Observer * An awe-inspiring tale. 5 November 2005 is the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot Antonia Fraser is one of the worlds best known historians and was made CBE. ![]() ![]() She writes with verve and imagination - Kenneth Baker * Daily Telegraph * Fraser's meticulously researched book is an excellent read. This is one such book - Amanda Foreman * Independent * It has a fine narrative flow, for Antonia Fraser recognises that history is essentially a story, and a gripping one at that. The result is a narrative that is clear, balanced, and builds to its denouement with a sense of pace and tension worthy of a John le Carre novel - John Adamson * Sunday Telegraph * Every few years a work of history appears that succeeds in connecting its subject to the deeper questions troubling modern society. a judicious and very readable account - Hugh Trevor-Roper * Literary Review * Told with impressive scholarship and panache. Antonia Fraser portraits this undeniable act of terrorism and those involved with it in, Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot. Antonia Fraser has written an excellent book which unravels the whole story of the plot, exploring the background, keeping close to the evidence, and, above all, bringing the characters to life. ![]()
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