The Gunpowder Plot

May 26, 2023  /  Niall Cooper

8.8: THE GUNPOWDER PLOT

We explore the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, which threatened the life of King James, his wife, and their two sons. History records that a gang of Catholic rebels, including Guy Fawkes, sought to blow up the king as he opened a session of the English parliament. But might someone else — James’ own spymaster — have engineered the entire conspiracy as a “false flag”?