The Gunpowder Plot -Through the Eyes of Guy Fawkes
New Novel by Matt Tipper This novel has been on kindle for a few weeks and the printed book version is due for publication on 16th September 2026 via Amazon. A most impressive novel. The author follows the 'official' narrative. There is no attempt at an 'alternative' history: The conspirators make a deliberate attempt to devastate Westminster with actual gunpowder. There are no claims of any 'framing' of innocent Roman Catholics, or planting of another substance instead of gunpowder. Robert Cecil or other figures in power are not portrayed as having devised or manipulated the conspiracy towards their own ends. And there lies the strength of the novel. It recreates the story that so many readers are broadly familiar with, or have even studied, in such a captivating manner. Certainly Guy Fawkes is moved centre stage ...