# What Gunpowder Plot Was

Author: Gardiner, Samuel Rawson, 1829-1902

Genre: Category: History - British

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34606

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=What+Gunpowder+Plot+Was+Gardiner&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

In 'What was the Gunpowder Plot? The Traditional Story tested by Original Evidence,'[1] Father Gerard has set forth all the difficulties he found while sifting the accessible evidence, and has deduced from his examination a result which, though somewhat vague in itself, leaves upon his readers a very distinct impression that the celebrated conspiracy was mainly, if not altogether, a fiction devised by the Earl of Salisbury for the purpose of maintaining or strengthening his position in the government of the country under James I. Such, at least, is what I gather of Father Gerard's aim from a perusal of his book. Lest, however, I should in any way do him an injustice, I proceed to quote th...

## Chapters

- [letter I had read to him, was a man everywhere respected for his](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-gunpowder-plot-was-34606/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-gunpowder-plot-was-34606/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-gunpowder-plot-was-34606/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-gunpowder-plot-was-34606/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-gunpowder-plot-was-34606/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-gunpowder-plot-was-34606/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part III. POST-DARWINIAN QUESTIONS: Isolation and Physiological](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-gunpowder-plot-was-34606/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-gunpowder-plot-was-34606/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part III. SCOTLAND. [In preparation.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-gunpowder-plot-was-34606/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-gunpowder-plot-was-34606/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part II--500-445 B.C. Cr. 8vo., 10s. 6d.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-gunpowder-plot-was-34606/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part II. Woman in Health and out of Health.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-gunpowder-plot-was-34606/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part II. The Book of Jonah. 8vo., 10s. 6d.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-gunpowder-plot-was-34606/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part II.--JERUSALEM AND THE PERAEA.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-gunpowder-plot-was-34606/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part II. Fruits. 1s. 6d.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-gunpowder-plot-was-34606/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part II. POST-DARWINIAN QUESTIONS: Heredity and Utility. With](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-gunpowder-plot-was-34606/chapters/11/index.md)