Project Gutenberg 2012-05-04 Public domain in the USA. 1363 Longueville, Thomas 1844 1922 De Longueville, Thomas Longueville, Thomas de 03026653 The Life of a Conspirator Being a Biography of Sir Everard Digby by One of His Descendants E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Pat McCoy, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto) "The Life of a Conspirator" by Thomas Longueville is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The biography delves into the life of Sir Everard Digby, a notable figure entangled in the infamous Gunpowder Plot, exploring his motivations, character, and the consequences of his actions during a tumultuous period for Catholics in England. At the start of the biography, the author introduces Digby as an interesting yet tragically flawed character, highlighting the challenges posed by the political and religious climate of his time. Longueville discusses Digby's noble lineage, his upbringing, and his conversion to Catholicism, indicating his internal struggle influenced by the severe persecution Catholics faced under Queen Elizabeth and King James I. The opening chapters also provide insight into Digby’s early life at court, his marriage, and the hospitable environment of his estate, Gothurst, establishing context for his later involvement in the conspiracy that would seal his tragic fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39612/39612-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 70.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Gunpowder Plot, 1605 Digby, Everard, Sir, 1578-1606 DA Text Category: Biographies Category: History - British Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: History - Religious 822675 2025-08-16T06:53:08.577734 text/html 841715 2012-05-04T17:06:30 text/html 517899 2025-08-16T06:53:22.134625 application/epub+zip 527430 2025-08-16T06:53:10.818679 application/epub+zip 334062 2025-08-16T06:53:09.544669 application/epub+zip 776899 2025-08-16T06:53:29.358581 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 723107 2025-08-16T06:53:20.817613 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 548196 2022-09-18T07:15:09.739093 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 642680 2025-08-16T06:53:06.075696 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 642369 2012-05-04T17:01:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 642302 2012-05-04T17:01:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20835 2025-08-16T06:53:29.530578 application/rdf+xml 14784 2025-08-16T06:53:09.772703 image/jpeg 2195 2025-08-16T06:53:09.683676 image/jpeg 236790 2012-05-04T17:01:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 504629 2012-05-04T17:09:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 236494 2012-05-04T17:01:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 502953 2025-08-16T06:53:08.644717 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog