![]() ![]() ![]() Though she begins by entering the caveat that "the author has no control whatsoever in these matters", she admits that in her mind's eye Sean Connery would play Father Henry Garnet, the Jesuit who counselled against the scheme to blow up James I and the Parliament but who, because he acted as confessor to the plotters, was caught up in its repercussions and excecuted. My co-conspirator in this lunch-time ruse is the Catholic historian Lady Antonia Fraser whose new book on the "Powder Treason" of November 5, 1605, is being adapted for the big screen by Boyd. The film is The Gunpowder Plot, with a script commissioned by Universal Pictures from the novelist William Boyd. Now PETER STANFORD turns to her daughter, Lady Antonia Fraser, tackling one of Catholicism's and history's greatest conspiracy theories Last week, we featured Lady Longford at 90. THE HISTORY WOMEN Part 2: Antonia Fraser reflects on the Gunpowder Plot and the influence of generations British People, United Kingdom, English People, Clan Fraser, Antonia Fraser, Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes, Robert Catesby, Hugh Fraser, Flora Fraser, Henry Garnet, Mary Queen Of Scots ![]()
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