Pity for the Guy: A Biograpy of Guy Fawkes

By John Paul Davis

John Paul Davis, the author of Robin Hood: The Unknown Templar returns with the first biography of the man behind the infamous Gunpowder Plot. For hundreds of years he has been portrayed as an extreme figure,a rabid Catholic who not only tried to blow up Parliament but threatened the English way of life early in the reign of James I. In this absorbing study Fawkes is revealed as far more than a shadowy conspirator with an axe to grind against the Protestant cause. Full of intrigues and insights into the policital age, it also ultimately reveals Fawkes the husband, soldier, lover, adventurer - and perhaps the most misunderstood of English villains.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
• Release date: Sep 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9780720614695

John Paul Davis

JOHN PAUL DAVIS is the international best-selling author of six thriller novels and three historical biographies. His first novel, The Templar Agenda, an historical thriller, has been ranked in the UK Top 20, including Top 3 in thrillers and number 1 in Historical Thrillers and Religious Fiction. It has also appeared in the top 10 in Historical Thrillers on Amazon US. His second thriller, The Larmenius Inheritance, was released in January 2013 and has also appeared at the top of the Historical Thriller and Religious Fiction charts, as well as Top 50 in thrillers and Top 350 overall.