- Category: Books » Fiction & Literature » Historical - General
- Format: Paperback Learn more about the Paperback format using Tower WIKI.
- Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
- ISBN: 0811216063
- WAPI (Tower ID): 100633731
- Release Date: November 30, 2004
- Average Customer Review: There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!
- Tower.com Sales Rank: #848105 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #84462 in Fiction & Literature (See Top 100 Fiction & Literature Bestsellers)
- #2859 in Historical - General (See Top 100 Historical - General Bestsellers)
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "A Fifth of November" by Paul West to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "A Fifth of November"Browse more products related to "Paul West"Review"The rhetoric is gorgeous, but the pace is too often funereal. Not, therefore, one of West's real triumphs--but a failure that many novelists might well envy." Publisher's notePaul West's groundbreaking new novel illuminates the events surrounding Guy Fawkes and the English Gunpowder Plot of 1605. In his nineteenth novel, A Fifth of November—perhaps his most accomplished work to date—Paul West describes the events surrounding the English Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Instigated by thirteen Catholic conspirators, most famously Guy Fawkes, the Plot was a failed attempt to blow up the English Parliament building and all within, including King James I. Catholics and priests were then ever more brutally persecuted throughout the country. At the heart of West's novel is the superior of the English Jesuits, Father Henry Garnet, hiding in tiny holes behind the walls of English mansions, left on his own, prompted by his sexual urgings, tormented by the smell of ham and eggs cooking, and debating in his mind God's ultimate righteousness. Shielding him from harm—but also prolonging his discomfort—is the eloquent and melancholy noblewoman, Anne Vaux. A Fifth of November follows Garnet, from when he first hears of the plot—the conspirators have confessed their plan to him, what is his responsibility?—to his pilgrimage to Wales, his escape to Hindlip over the English plains, and ultimately his imprisonment in the Tower of London. All along, the figures who partake of this historical moment are brightly, often horrifically, drawn. West tackles—through rhapsodic language, brilliant characterizations, and historical precision—that most inevitable of topics: human evil. AnnotationPaul West turns to history in this account of the Catholic perpetrators of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, who aimed to blow up the buildings of Parliament and assassinate King James I. The novel focuses on a fugitive Jesuit priest, Father Henry Garnet, and the noblewoman who harbors him. If You Enjoy "A Fifth of November (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "A Fifth of November (Paperback)" by Paul West (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Historical - General Bestsellers
Fiction & Literature Bestselling Books
Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
