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BBC: Britain Prepares to Light the Blue Touch Paper - Stand Well Back - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/20488.stm
The British Broadcasting Corporation explains why the British insist on lighting fires and setting off rockets every November 5.

Britannia: The Gunpowder Plot - http://www.britannia.com/history/kaboom.html
David Nash Ford's comprehensive guide to the Gunpowder Plot and the plotters.

Catholic Recusants - http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/Leaflets/ri2173.htm
Explains Recusancy which was a new offence in the 16th century which partly led to the gunpowder plot.

CNN: A Penny for Guy - http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/9710/london.frights/guy.html
Short history of the Gunpowder Plot which includes information about the Tower of London.

Gunpowder : Guy Fawkes - http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1994-03.html
Single page with a discussion forum, debating the effects of the gunpowder that was stored in the cellars of Parliament.

Gunpowder Find at British Library - http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=435
A short story about the gunpowder that was found in the basements of a library.

Gunpowder Plot - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/STUgunpowderP.htm
Comprehensive version of events aimed towards the learning community.

Gunpowder Plot - http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Gunpowder_Plot
Straight forward version of the events from the 1911 Encyclopedia.

Gunpowder Plot Society - http://www.gunpowder-plot.org/
Educational site with information about the people and the plot.

Guy Fawkes - http://www.sgwilkinson.freeserve.co.uk/gfawkes.htm
Explaining the signature of Guy Fawkes under torture, with a copy of the original document.

Guy Fawkes - http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/snapshots/snapshot07/snapshot7.htm
Public Record office evidence and documents questioning torture.

Guy Fawkes - http://www.guardian.co.uk/netnotes/article/0,6729,588198,00.html
A short description of the Gunpowder Plot from the Guardian.

Guy Fawkes - http://www.york-united-kingdom.co.uk/guyfawkes/
A brief outline of the gunpowder plot.

Guy Fawkes - http://www.britannia.com/history/g-fawkes.html
Britannia's article about the life and times of Guy Fawkes by David Herber.

Guy Fawkes Day: Bonfire Night - http://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/articles/guyfawkes.htm
An easy to follow chronicle of events for the younger ones.

Guy Fawkes' Confession - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/museum/item.asp?item_id=19
The documents that led to his execution and others from the Public Record Office UK.

Holbeche House - http://www.britannia.com/history/holbeche.html
Britannia`s guide to the hideout of the plotters and the siege that followed.

Physicists Discover Guy Fawkes Would Fave Devastated Westminster - http://physics.about.com/b/a/040095.htm
Had the gunpowder plot succeeded, Guy Fawkes would not only have destroyed the old palace of Westminster but would have caused chaos and devastation across central London.

Reformation: Protestant England - http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REFORM/ENGLAND.HTM
History of the church leading to and after the Gunpowder Plot.

Remember, Remember the 5th of November: - http://britishhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa103101b.htm
A historical guide to the events that led to the Bonfire Night celebrations.

Robert Catesby - http://www.britannia.com/history/r-catesby.html
Britannia`s biography on one of the main plotters.

Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury - http://www.britannia.com/history/r-cecil.html
Britannia`s biography on the infamous Earl that falsified the evidence and confessions of the plotters (or did he?).

Robert Wintour - http://www.britannia.com/history/t-wintour.html
Britannia`s biography on a member of the gunpowder plot.

The Gunpowder Plot - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07081b.htm
This page is one of many from the Catholic Encyclopedia, it covers the subject profoundly.

The Gunpowder Plot - http://britcult0.tripod.com/history/gp_plot.htm
Easy to understand version of the plot.

The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 - http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/gunpowder_plot_of_1605.htm
Simplified explanation of the events and descriptions of the people involved.

The Gunpowder Plot of 1605. - http://www.albany.edu/jmmh/vol1no1/gunpowderplot.html
Review of the 1997 film of the same name and short history of the plot.

The Stuarts The Gunpowder Plot - http://www.historyonthenet.com/Stuarts/gunpowder_plot.htm
Two short views of the events.

Trial of Guy Fawkes and Others - http://www.armitstead.com/gunpowder/trial.html
Transcription of the trial and the prosecution case against the conspirators.

United Kingdom Parliament: The Gunpowder Plot - http://www.parliament.uk/faq/gunpowder_plot.cfm
Parliament's story of the Gunpowder Plot in a FAQ style.

Wikipedia: Guy Fawkes - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes
Online encyclopedia covers the history of the Gunpowder Plot, with explanations of the words and terms used.

William Parker, Baron Morley & Monteagle - http://www.britannia.com/history/w-parker.html
Britannia`s biography on the man behind the famous letter.

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