So, this is the world of my ancestor’s story – the story of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. A plot is a secret plan. Here, look – shhhh! These men are plotters. They think nobody can hear.

Macbeth takes their incantations to heart ... The line may be a somewhat obscure reference to the Gunpowder Plot that racked ...

I n 1606, less than a year after the Gunpowder Plot, Shakespeare was undoubtedly influenced by Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators in writing Macbeth.However, there are also some intriguing ...

His most recent book is "Unspeakable: Literature and Terrorism from the Gunpowder Plot to 9/11" (Routledge, 2020). Donald Trump, Macbeth and the ruins of the Republican Party Peter C. Herman Bill ...