On the 5th of November, Anno Domini 1605, one of the grandest and most ambitious attempts at political assassination took place.
Not satisfied with just killing King James the Sixth and First, the conspirators around Sir Robert Catesby wanted to blow up Parliament at the State Opening, thus wiping out much of the English political establishment at a stroke.
The PoD for this timeline is based on the assumption that the letter received by Lord Monteagle was from Francis Tresham; and that Catesby never invited Tresham to join the conspiracy.
Thus, given no warning, the King sits upon his throne in Parliament, accompanied by Henry, Prince of Wales (and his younger son, Charles? Perhaps), and surrounded by the great and good of his kingdom...and Guy Fawkes lights the fuse and begins to run...and in a cataclysm of fire and smoke, with debris flying halfway across London, we are in a new history.
I am only beginning to research this possibility closely, so any help - including pointing me towards useful sources on the period - would be much appreciated.
I want to take this timeline at least as far as the 1640s, just to see how different England, Scotland, and the rest of Europe are by that point.
Not satisfied with just killing King James the Sixth and First, the conspirators around Sir Robert Catesby wanted to blow up Parliament at the State Opening, thus wiping out much of the English political establishment at a stroke.
The PoD for this timeline is based on the assumption that the letter received by Lord Monteagle was from Francis Tresham; and that Catesby never invited Tresham to join the conspiracy.
Thus, given no warning, the King sits upon his throne in Parliament, accompanied by Henry, Prince of Wales (and his younger son, Charles? Perhaps), and surrounded by the great and good of his kingdom...and Guy Fawkes lights the fuse and begins to run...and in a cataclysm of fire and smoke, with debris flying halfway across London, we are in a new history.
I am only beginning to research this possibility closely, so any help - including pointing me towards useful sources on the period - would be much appreciated.
I want to take this timeline at least as far as the 1640s, just to see how different England, Scotland, and the rest of Europe are by that point.