Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot | Tower of London
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot | Tower of London . Guy Fawkes was tortured to death in the Tower of London. They stretched him until his joints dislocated, pulled out his fingernails and toenails, and cut off his penis and made him watch it burn. Guy Fawkes, (born 1570, York, England—died January 31, 1606, London), British soldier and best-known participant in the Gunpowder Plot. Its object was to blow up the palace at Westminster during the state opening of Parliament, while James I and his chief ministers met within, in reprisal for increasing oppression of Roman Catholics in England. In 1605 a group of Catholics plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London with King James I inside and take control of the country. The leader of the Plot was Robert Catesby. The man in charge of blowing up Parliament was Guy Fawkes... SHOP NOW ON AMAZON: Guy Fawkes For Kids The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 Fawkes was a member of a prominent Yorkshire family and a convert to Roman Catholicis...