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100 1 _aLongueville, Thomas,
_d1844-1922
245 1 4 _aThe Life of a Conspirator :
_bBeing a Biography of Sir Everard Digby by One of His Descendants
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2012
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2012-05-04
508 _aE-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Pat McCoy, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto)
520 _a"The Life of a Conspirator" by Thomas Longueville is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The biography delves into the life of Sir Everard Digby, a notable figure entangled in the infamous Gunpowder Plot, exploring his motivations, character, and the consequences of his actions during a tumultuous period for Catholics in England. At the start of the biography, the author introduces Digby as an interesting yet tragically flawed character, highlighting the challenges posed by the political and religious climate of his time. Longueville discusses Digby's noble lineage, his upbringing, and his conversion to Catholicism, indicating his internal struggle influenced by the severe persecution Catholics faced under Queen Elizabeth and King James I. The opening chapters also provide insight into Digby’s early life at court, his marriage, and the hospitable environment of his estate, Gothurst, establishing context for his later involvement in the conspiracy that would seal his tragic fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aGunpowder Plot, 1605
653 _aDigby, Everard, Sir, 1578-1606
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39612
999 _c80451
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