Download The Gunpowder Plot of 1605: The History of the Famous Conspiracy to Assassinate King James I of England AudioBook Free
In 1605, Dude Fawkes was one of over a dozen conspirators in the famous Gunpowder Story, an effort to assassinate England's Ruler James I. Once the plot was uncovered on the fifth of November, Fawkes and other conspirators were quickly convicted and carried out, and the ruler asked his subjects to remember the night out as "the joyful day of deliverance". Fawkes was but one of an countless quantity of failed assassins, however in a perversely ironic way, the king's declaration ultimately transformed November 5 into Dude Fawkes Day, a celebratory day that usually experienced children creating an effigy that would then be burned in a bonfire. While the effigy was usually Fawkes, others made it a custom to shed an effigy of the pope, a traditions that emerged to the 13 colonies in America as well. Though he was only one of the plotters, Fawkes became the main one most associated with the function, and he was seen as a image of treason.
