James Sharpe

James Sharpe is professor of history at the University of York Among his books are Instruments of Darkness: Witchcraft in Early Modern England (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997) and Dick Turpin: The Myth of the English Highwayman (Profile, 2004). James Sharpes latest book is Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot (Profile, 2005)

The Gunpowder Plot: historys present

Tomorrow, 5 November 2005, Britain remembers the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot. On the night of 4-5 November 1605, a red-bearded York-born man in his mid-30s, Guy Fawkes, was

By James Sharpe

/ 4 Nov 2005

James Sharpe

The Gunpowder Plot: history&#146;s present

The Gunpowder Plot: historys present