POPISH PLOT - EVERARD, Edmund. The Depositions and Examinations of Mr Edmund Everard (who was four years close prisoner in the Tower of London) concerning the Popish Plot against the life of His Sacred Majesty... (1679)

AUTHOR: [POPISH PLOT] EVERARD, Edmund.

TITLE: The Depositions and Examinations of Mr Edmund Everard (who was four years close prisoner in the Tower of London) concerning the Popish Plot against the life of His Sacred Majesty, the government, and the Protestant religion....

PUBLISHER: London: for Dorman Newman, 1679.

DESCRIPTION: 1 vol., extracted, folio, 12" x 7-1/2", (i)16pp., lacking the licence leaf A1 otherwise complete.

REFERENCE: WING E3527

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Popish Plot was a fictitious conspiracy concocted by Titus Oates that between 1678 and 1681 gripped the Kingdoms of England and Scotland in anti-Catholic hysteria.[1] Oates alleged that there existed an extensive Catholic conspiracy to assassinate Charles II, accusations that led to the execution of at least 22 men and precipitated the Exclusion Bill Crisis. Eventually Oates' intricate web of accusations fell apart, leading to his arrest and conviction for perjury.