Skip to content

The archive / 1 case file

1600s

Dramatic editorial reconstruction of an anonymous early Stuart conspirator holding an iron lantern among wooden powder barrels beneath heavy beams, representing Fawkes at Westminster rather than an authentic likeness.

Case file 023Power & Secrets

Guy Fawkes - the Fall Guy?

A warning letter exposed a plan to kill James I and Parliament, but did the government know more than it admitted?