Father John Gerard, an English Jesuit who escaped from the Tower of London, wrote this account of the Gunpowder Plot and of the sufferings of English Catholics under James I. The Victorian editor prefixes long translations from Gerard’s Latin autobiography, describing his priestly work in hiding, so that readers can judge his credibility before reaching his narrative of the conspirators and the persecution that followed.
A vivid Catholic witness to 1605, essential reading beside the official accounts of the plot. Download the free EPUB.