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    Guy Fawkes

    By William Harrison Ainsworth

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    In the sweeping historical epic Guy Fawkes, renowned author William Harrison Ainsworth takes on one of the boldest rebels of all time. Pro-Catholic agitator Guy Fawkes was at the center of a failed scheme to blow up the English Parliament and force then-Princess Elizabeth onto the throne. Now regarded as an archetypal traitor, Fawkes looms large in the British imagination, due in large part to Ainsworth's complex and nuanced portrayal of him in this novel.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSheba Blake Publishing
    Release dateSep 25, 2015
    ISBN9781329579095
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    • 4/5
      Another slice of romanticised and slightly Gothic historical fiction from this mid 19th century author. He is very keen on setting stories in the early seventeenth century and here covers the most famous historical event of them all from this period. While Ainsworth is not in general a great creator of characters, Guy Fawkes and the other main conspirators are quite well drawn, neither one-dimensional evil plotters or heroic Catholic martyrs, and the novel shows an understanding of a Catholic point of view which was probably still quite unusual in 1841. The only character that fails in this respect is the fictional heroine Viviana Radcliffe, who fulfils all the stereotypes of the Victorian heroine, beautiful, sensitive, praying for the menfolk's souls, while condemning their violent activities, and dying tragically and purely at the end. This is a well written and atmospheric story.
    • 3/5
      It wasn't really what I expected. I expected the protagonist to be a devout Catholic who will stop at nothing to remain true to the Church as he understands it. I'm not sure how devout he actually is, and he is willing to stop at nothing, including digging into the occult, seeking assistance of wizards and magic potions, to see that he is on the path to restore he holy religion. Add to that the female lead Viviana, who has a THIRSTY boy running after her, even though she wants to leave England and go to Belgium to be a nun. At every turn even the priest tries to stop her and get her to marry Courtland instead. Makes me thing Ainswroth is just some Protestant who wants to make the Catholic Conspirators look bad.