The Gunpowder Plot of 1605: The History of the Famous Conspiracy to Assassinate King James I of England by Charles River Editors

Author:Charles River Editors
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Published: 2016-07-22T04:00:00+00:00

At this stage, the prisoner had given up nothing – not even his real name. But suddenly, as Johnson drifted off to sleep on the filthy, frigid floors, a group of guards barged into his cell. They yanked him to his feet and dragged him out of the room.

First came the “gentle torture,” where Johnson was subjected to the manacles. The guards had the weak and dehydrated prisoner hung up by his wrists for hours on end. As Johnson dangled from the ceiling like an animal's carcass, the guards probed him with questions composed by the king himself.

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