"There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are
the ways of death." That is one of the main lessons to be learned from
the strange story of the Gunpowder Plot.
The narrative here given, so far as its historical portion is concerned,
is taken chiefly from original and contemporaneous documents. It has
been carefully kept to facts--in themselves more interesting than any
fiction--and scarcely a speech or an incident has been admitted, however
small, for which authority could not be adduced.
Those of my Readers who have made the acquaintance of _Lettice Eden_,
and _Joyce Morrell's Harvest_, will meet some old friends in this tale.