e/Guy Fawkes (novel)

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has gloss	eng: Guy Fawkes first appeared as a serial in Bentleys Miscellany, between January and November 1840. It was subsequently published as a three-volume set in July 1841, with illustrations by George Cruikshank. The story is based on the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, an unsuccessful attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Ainsworth relies heavily on historical documents describing the trial and execution of the conspirators, of whom Fawkes was one, but he also embellishes the known facts. He invents the character of Viviana Radcliffe, daughter of the prominent Radcliffe family of Ordsall Hall—who becomes Fawkes wife—and introduces supernatural elements into the story, such as the ability of the alchemist, John Dee, to raise the spirits of the dead.
lexicalization	eng: Guy Fawkes
instance of	(noun) an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story novel