Father Henry Garnet and the Gunpowder Plot

If you think you know about the Gunpowder Plot, this talk will make you think again. It focuses not on Guy Fawkes but arguably someone who had an even more profound impact: a Jesuit priest and the last man to be executed for involvement in the Plot.

This talk has grown from a number of extraordinary coincidences, one involving a rare brass box owned by William. The talk reveals astonishing facts about one of the most turbulent and tragic times in English history.

Religious extremism, government spies, state-sponsored torture, miraculous events: all these and more feature in William Ruff’s talk.

Part of Frome Festival.