Justin Champion: 2 books
Gunpowder Plots
A Celebration of 400 Years of Bonfire Night
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2005
400 years ago this November the most ambitious and extraordinary plot ever conceived in this country came close to success: the attempt by Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators to destroy in a single, annihilating blast the entire British ruling class and royal family.
This book draws on the...
Republican learning
John Toland and the crisis of Christian culture, 1696–1722
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
This book explores the life, thought and political commitments of the free-thinker John Toland (1670-1722). Studying both his private archive and published works, it illustrates how Toland moved in both subversive and elite political circles in England and abroad. It explores the connections between...